Web Development Languages.

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Hey guys i wanted to learn any easy language which I can use to make a simple website or use it on my blog. Like html and Css any else because I don't know any of these but language must cover basics of web developments. I only wanted to show my text, like drop down menu's , header's and social plugins and other common widgets on my blog. I'm totally new don't know any of this.

Please suggest me any book or tutorials(video) that I watch or read and know the basics.
(Sorry for Bad English )
Thanks in Advance..
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  • Profile picture of the author We Design
    Ok, knowledge of HTML and CSS will help you in creating static websites OR making skins for CMS like wordpress.org etc.
    And both of them are not programming languages.
    A Practical Guide to HTML & CSS - Learn How to Build Websites here is greak introduction in basic HTML CSS.

    Ok, about programming languages - obviously PHP is a good one to start with.
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    • Profile picture of the author Siawa Mad
      I just wanted to know about web developing languages. Tell me from where I should start.
      Html and Css will cover whole web developing?
      (Sorry for bad English)
      Thanks for your reply.
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      • Profile picture of the author We Design
        Originally Posted by Siawa Mad View Post

        Tell me from where I should start.
        Start with HTML/CSS
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  • Profile picture of the author tylerman169
    With CSS/HTML you will be able to design a basic website. CSS covers the formatting/design of the website and html will display the actual website content.

    However, for more advanced websites you should also learn PHP/Javascript. Most websites also store a lot of data in databases so it is useful to learn some SQL so you can effectively design the database.

    You can search google for a bunch of tutorials on how to learn these languages but I would recommend either doing some practice coding at Code Academy or reading some tutorials on W3Schools.
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  • Profile picture of the author JPRudolph
    HTML and CSS are an awesome start! You can do some pretty cool things with HTML5 and CSS3
    javaScript is for adding functionality to your site. Tracking and manipulating data is very, very easy in javaScript.
    PHP makes everything easier. If you want a site with a bunch of pages but the same header, footer...etc php is your guy. If you want a CMS (Wordpress is built on php), php is the way to go.

    But!!! and this is a big but!!!
    If you are simply creating a quick site that doesn't need a lot of functionality, no CMS..just basics. I would learn HTML, review how CSS works, and then learn Twitter Boostrap. Once you understand the basics of where you are putting what information (code wise) everything becomes a lot easier.
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    • Profile picture of the author Siawa Mad
      Thanks all
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      • Profile picture of the author kamron
        I began in 04 with designing website layouts in photoshop then used its slicing tool to export the sites, though it exported images for everything opening up the website in notepad++ gave me in idea of how it all worked.

        Then I got a bit more inquisitive and tried to recreate what was done, then I got some free templates online and opened them up in notepad++ and tried to copy what they did. Now I am doing PHP and a little Javascript and have moved on to other languages like C/C++ and Python. My point is, start out gently using HTML and CSS, get free templates online and pull them apart and try to understand the code and while you are doing that get a good book or website as reference. I have never read any HTML book cover to cover. I learned better by doing and maybe you would to. Just dive in and spend the time to get it right. Challenge yourself each step of the way and you will be surprised how well it works for you.

        Good Luck!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Adamlee123
    That good start for your. You need to learn HTML and css . Learn HTML and CSS from w3schools.com , where you can easily learn html and css. Then learn little bit about WordPress , After this you can make your own simple website. Search on Google about WordPress. Its to much easy to install and learn. Hope you will make your website in very short time... Best of luck....
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  • Profile picture of the author WannaBeGeekster
    You have to understand the difference between client side and server side scripting languages. From there you will understand that the end result is always HTML/CSS. PHP, Python and other server side languages end result is HTML/CSS.

    So start learning HTML/CSS. Javascript is hard to learn, but it is a client side scripting language. So it effects the page AFTER the page is downloaded from the server. It interacts with the web brower not the server. So learning Javascript and something like JQuery is very important, but it should come last. Figure out how to get things on the page by learning HTML/CSS. Then from there you can learn about dynamic server side languages that use a database or other methods of getting the information on the page in question. From there you can learn about Javascript and what to do with the information once it is on the page to make your end users life easier.

    From there you can learn about advanced techniques like Ajax and responsive design that just go even further towards making your end users experience a great one.

    Good luck, feel free to hit me up if you have any questions on where to go or what to learn.

    I highly recommend w3schools.com to start. HTML > CSS > Javascript > JQuery > PHP > MySQL. It wouldn't hurt to go through the tutorials that way either.
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  • Profile picture of the author koyal
    javascript and php
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  • Profile picture of the author Irene Anum
    Hi Siawa, I understand you problrm. You can go to amazon.com, type your request inside search, e.g. how to learn html, css3 etc. and you will be given options of various books at cheap prices to buy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Creative Spartans
    Hi form my personal experience I will suggest you to study web development languages form w3schools. This is a best option to inquire your knowledge.
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  • Profile picture of the author mehrishaly
    Learn basic HTML or PHP through w3cschools. w3cschools is a good source for learning web development languages.
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  • Profile picture of the author zeshanshani
    I would highly recommend you to take the 30 days Free Video course of HTML and CSS from tuts+. 30 Days to Learn HTML & CSS.

    Along with that you can read more about HTML and CSS basics from W3Schools.

    Using HTML, CSS you can create static web pages. When you learn these, you might want to go to back-end side so you can take dynamic websites. PHP would be good to learn for that purpose.
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