What programming/scripting languages do you know?

August 27th, 2003, 7:58 pm

Nah, I don't know any HTML... (j/k)

August 29th, 2003, 11:56 am

BASIC (used in QBASIC, but it's not called QBASIC)
HTM (no L, it's not a language imho, but I'll list it since everyone else is)
C++
PHP
SQL
VB
CSS
Java
Javascript
Perl

I learned those in somewhere close to that order. PHP is still my favorite language by far, especially with the new features in PHP5 like a new "working" object model with object visibility, constructors, per-class constants, and __autoload(). Truely a scripted language with compiled properties and behavior. C++ would of hit that list if I didn't get heavy into web development. Java is alright, but Javascript just flat out sucks. Perl is confusing as hell dealing with variables.

I'd still like to learn some of the .NET technology, C#, and some ASP one of these days.

[Bigwebmaster]

August 29th, 2003, 12:42 pm

tierra wrote:

HTM (no L, it's not a language imho, but I'll list it since everyone else is)

It is a language, just not a programming language. It is a markup language, thus why it stands for Hyper Text Markup Language

tierra wrote:

I learned those in somewhere close to that order. PHP is still my favorite language by far, especially with the new features in PHP5 like a new "working" object model with object visibility, constructors, per-class constants, and __autoload(). Truely a scripted language with compiled properties and behavior. C++ would of hit that list if I didn't get heavy into web development. Java is alright, but Javascript just flat out sucks. Perl is confusing as hell dealing with variables.

I'd still like to learn some of the .NET technology, C#, and some ASP one of these days.

It seems like many people really enjoy PHP the most from what I have found.

Welcome to the board btw.

August 29th, 2003, 12:46 pm

yes PHP is an awefully cool language, perhaps because its the one I know best

August 29th, 2003, 2:09 pm

I know all of these pretty well

HTML - master (Nothing special)
C++ - master
PHP - master
Javascript - know very well
Flash script - master
SQL - master
VB - intermediate
CSS - Novice (I just dont find any need for it)
Java - master
Perl - know very well

August 29th, 2003, 2:23 pm

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CSS - Novice (I just dont find any need for it)

Oh god learn it, learn it well, CSS makes color scheming so much easier, a long with an abundance of other things!

August 29th, 2003, 6:27 pm

b_heyer wrote:

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CSS - Novice (I just dont find any need for it)

Oh god learn it, learn it well, CSS makes color scheming so much easier, a long with an abundance of other things!

Yes, heed this advice! It's 10 times easier than making tables (which I don't even touch anymore), and yes, it helps a ton on color schemes and just overall look.

Thanks for the welcome btw.

August 29th, 2003, 6:52 pm

tierra wrote:

b_heyer wrote:

Quote:

CSS - Novice (I just dont find any need for it)

Oh god learn it, learn it well, CSS makes color scheming so much easier, a long with an abundance of other things!

Yes, heed this advice! It's 10 times easier than making tables (which I don't even touch anymore), and yes, it helps a ton on color schemes and just overall look.

Thanks for the welcome btw.

Also it helps with DIV tags (I am assuming you use those since you don't use tables)

August 29th, 2003, 7:10 pm

I'm surprised at how many people find CSS useless and don't bother to learn it. It really is quite valuable and more people need to learn to love it! I don't know what I would do without style sheets or DIV tags. CSS has certainly saved me a lot of hassle.

August 30th, 2003, 6:54 am

Yes, I use DIV tags. I guess it is pretty hard to put together a good layout without tables or DIV tags... hehe. It's just a lot easier for me to define positioning with DIV tags then to worry about table nesting, you tend to run into a lot of problems and get lost in your nesting with more complex designs.

August 30th, 2003, 9:42 am

The thing about DIV positioning that i have found, is that it looks bad on different screen resolutions, and one rule i was told alot by friends is never have "this site is best viewed under 1024x768 32bit colors" crap, because it makes people go away x.x

[Bigwebmaster]

August 30th, 2003, 12:09 pm

I would have to agree with you r0bin, I always find it amusing when a site says "its best viewed at 1024x768" or whatever else. People use a wide range of resolutions, and I really doubt they are going to change their resolution just so they can view it at the one it was designed for. The web designer should design a site and make sure it works in the majority of resolutions.

August 30th, 2003, 5:06 pm

I <3 my site though, i once viewed it on a 320x200 PalmTop screen, still looked good

[Bigwebmaster]

August 30th, 2003, 6:01 pm

Damn, that is one small resolution. I don't think my sites would look normal on that small of one.

September 2nd, 2003, 8:13 pm

Ill learn CSS I guess now that u have given me a reason to learn it.

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