theduck

I am an owner of a multimedia and web development company. I am going to learn the basics of PHP. Currently I hire people on contract to do that kind of work for me. I am also an inventor, and have experience with electronics. There are two things I want to do with programming. Make applications to help with my business, things like analyze website the way I want, log file analyzer, and other things.

I also want to be able to use a computer or PDA to control servos and sensors. I have heard that basic stamp can do that, but that it is very limited? Maybe Assembly and C++?

My programming experience includes basic on a commodore 64 when I was 14. Actually got pretty good at that. More recently I am learning PHP, just scratching the surface right now.

So what do you think? What programming languages should I learn? Bonus question, any good Internet resources or books to learn the languages you recommend?

Thanks
Richie Schut

Ooble

I would suggest going with the three you mentioned: Assembly, C++ and PHP. They're all very widely used, and they pay very well.

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bl00dninja

i concur, C++ and assembley will help you do whtever you want and php is the preeminent web devolopment language.

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theduck

Can I use C++ and assembley to devlop for Linux, Windows, and Macs? Are there any good free programs you would recomend for developing aplications? I prefer to use Open source when ever I can.

Thanks for you help.

Another Noob
Richie Schut

Wraith Daquell

If you download SharpDevelop, you can program in .NET, which runs on Linux, Windows, and Macs via the Mono project. Unfortunantly, they are in VB and C#; these are almost as powerful as C++, though.

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Ooble

I would recommend using C++, as you seem to be going on that path anyway. And yes, you can code for almost any OS using C++ and ASM.

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Chris Weimer

for website analyses and such, you might want to stick with PHP and check out Perl as well.