what languages/programs should web developers be fluent in?

[Ns1]

eh?

 

[Phuz]

Its up to you, and obviously very subjective to the type of placement you want.

Personally, I couldn't code my way out of a paper bag - and if you see my sig, i'm doing just fine.
I recommened you learn PHP. Very powerful, and you'll find you will rarely require much else..

 

[Ameesh]

if you want the skill to be useful for a job, learn vbscript/jscript, ASP/JSP , and how databses work, learning how to write SQL statements is always nice.

 

[XZeroII]

Egyption. It may seem like a waste of time while learning it, but it will come in very handy.

 

[yakko]

Whichever ones are needed to create the site you want.

 

[Ns1]

well i'm in college working on a cs degree right now...


i already know html, was thinking about learning js/xml, php...

what the heck is perl?
what the heck is asp?

 

[rgwalt]

FORTRAN will do you a lot of good.

Ryan

 

[Czar]

Php, asp, jsp and perl(cgi) are all server side programing languages for the web.

I would recomend php, good support and can do just about everything.

Also, learn sql, its a must if you are going to use databases.

 

[jjones]

<< Php, asp, jsp and perl(cgi) are all server side programing languages for the web.

I would recomend php, good support and can do just about everything.

Also, learn sql, its a must if you are going to use databases.
>>


One of the few occasions I agree with you Czar.

I also recommend PHP; it's a great language and not as heavy as ASP or Perl. Easier to learn also and lots of support and tutorial info on the net.

 

[Czar]

Also if you have any problems with php, other than rtfm problems then you can always go to irc on #php and get help there, about half the stuff I'v learned was with help from those people.