Which programming language to learn ? Want end results to be used trhough a internet browser use database.?

Question

I have a decent background in programming, although over the last few years its mainly just been VBA and Access. I have very little experience with creating websites and such, but I want to start creating websites which access a database. So which language(s) would u recommend to do this ? The easier the language is to use the better obviously.
Previously used Delphi, Clarion, TAS and VB/VBA.

Currently following a book on HTML, finding it pretty dull .......too be expected I suppose.
I'm really just looking to create something fairly basic. The main purpose is for work, currently apps I write are in Access databases, and there are a few different versions of it kicking about the company. So my thinking is if I can transfer this from an Access app to something web based then everyone uses the same version and I don't have to check if they are looking at different paths or using other versions from me.

I did actually do something very very basic with MS Visual Web Dev Express, more of a proof of concept than anything real.

Thanks for the answers so far folks, very helpful

Answer 1

If connecting a database is ur requirement, then learn any one of the server side scripting languages like JSP, ASP, PHP etc. As u r with Microsoft background ASP may be more suitable for u. U need to know very elementary HTML as much necessary to create HTML forms. Matter of a few hours. Serverside programmers do not write HTML or Flash code. Concentrate on SQL and a serverside language. That's all u need.

Answer 2

Although I agree with other answers that you will need to learn at least basic HTML, this isn't a programming language itself. You can't connect to a database through HTML alone.

There are plenty of languages that do run on a server, allowing you to connect to a database and send the results to HTML for display in a browser, though. You can do it in VB - ASP.NET is Microsoft's current technology.

However I would recommend trying something new. The Django framework (http://www.djangoproject.com) runs on Python, which is a very easy language to learn, and provides a simple method of doing exactly what you want - defining a connection between a database and a web page. Check it out, you'll soon pick it up but it's extremely powerful.

As I say above though, whichever language you pick, you'll still need to use HTML to display the data - and best to learn CSS while you're at it, as this allows you to style and format the output.

Answer 3

Begin with the "fundamentals", HTML. Simple language that you will probably master in a couple weeks. Then add some of the "extensions", like CSS, javascript and JAVA.

From their move on to "Flash", or one of the languages like that which allow you to create interactive sites and animation.

Finally, once you have the fundamentals down for creating a static web site, learn pearl and php for developing apllications for behind the sites.

Hopefully you realize that the majority of the web is not hosted on Windows, but on Unix PCs. If you are serious about web design, you will also need to get some experience with Unix.

Answer 4

C isn't a prerequisite for C++. C++ IS a superset of C -- meaning the c language is a factor of it. on a similar time, I could say, do no longer study a programming language, study programming. this is a discipline and in case you study which you additionally can form gadget code into your gadget uncompiled (hint, carry down alt and use the numeric keypad) and run it. study approximately programming -- study to place in writing batch documents, study relating to the command line. study HTML and javascript. HTML is a internet site description language in preference to a programming language yet javascript is definitely a programming language. And bypass from there.

Answer 5

I'm in my first year of programming and we're currently using Pascal but at a higher level we will be required to use Java so from the little experience I have you should learn Java.

Answer 6

With a Microsoft background already you probably want to follow their path of ASP and .NET.

For a complete beginner I would encourage use of PHP and MySQL as there is adequate documentation on these freely available.

Answer 7

Begin with HTML. Then as you know VB then go for ASP. Goto http://www.itgalary.com and post your doubts