TRying to learn -- HELP ME

[Sceleton]

Okay, this is going to be a long post.

I am a prety good designer, I can make layouts, sigs, all those things. But my coding is not good at all. I am sure I am capable of learning good coding but I never tried. But now the time has came and I want to learn. I am going to start really selling my layouts and making some popular sites. So here are some details in what im looking for.

What are the coding and programing languages to learn. - I want to be able to set up my own script for my websites to run automaticly.

Explain to me, What is Mysql, Valid xhtml, css, and those other ones. - On like some people iv'e seen I want to fully understand the concept and jobs of these languages before I learn them.

What programs will I need for witch language. - I Want get every program I need to code and script.

What are some websites to look at to study these languages. - I want some websites to read the basics and some to help me as im going along this project.

Will you personaly help me to learn these languages. - I need soem people to be there for me step by step, I know there are some people that would not mind.

Anything else I should knowabout these languages. - Anything hidden about them that you only know after you start.

Any comnets you have to me about learnig these language or any other statments you have.

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I really need some replys I would really love to learn to code and program. I will apreciate ayone who is willing to help me step by step. All posts are welcomed. I would say please dont critisize me but I don't see anything wrong about wanting to learn the right way to code.

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Thanks in advanced to whoever helps me out.

[Liberation]

I would try:

www.pixel2life.com
www.techtuts.com

Sorry if i got the URL's wrong but i tihnk there right. Take a look there dude and it might help abit.
And good luck on learning as im doing them same, Well i hope :P
Good Luck

[Sceleton]

thanks alot. sry to say i know those sites. Before I can start im looking for people to answer all those questions i asked.

[Xploder]

Here are a couple, that may help:

http://www.w3.org/
http://www.tizag.com/ - I found that very good.

[JoeComins]

For basic coding, youll need HTML and CSS. You can develop this into a full CSS, and XHTML (neatened HTML) using DIVs for optimum coding. Then, learn PHP Includes, and move onto more complex PHP scripts. Should take you a year or so to learn them to a good standard.

MySQL: MySQL is an online Database, usally used in conjunction with PHP
Valid XHTML: XHTML is neatened HTML. Valid means that its coded to W3C Standards.

Try to get MacroMedia Dreamweaver. Its good for beginngers. Try your school. If not, the second best thing for a beginer is Frontpage, which is also the worst app ever

Tired. Type more later

[Geek]

What are the coding and programing languages to learn.

Personally if you wish to get your website running then HTML and CSS would be your first option, but if you wish to add dynamic features then you can learn Javascript, Document Object Model, DynamicHTML and AJAX. If you wish to update easily or have pagination and content management then PHP and mySQL Database structuring would be well worth learning. Or you could learn ASP / ASP.NET. Also using XML, XLS/XLST wouldn't go amiss on web standards.

Explain to me, What is Mysql, Valid xhtml, css, and those other ones

MySQL is a multithreaded, multi-user, SQL Database Management System (DBMS)


The Extensible HyperText Markup Language, or XHTML, is a markup language that has the same expressive possibilities as HTML, but a stricter syntax. Whereas HTML is an application of SGML, a very flexible markup language, XHTML is an application of XML, a more restrictive subset of SGML. Because they need to be well-formed (syntactically correct), XHTML documents allow for automated processing to be performed using a standard XML library—unlike HTML, which requires a relatively complex, lenient, and generally custom parser (though an SGML parser library could possibly be used). XHTML can be thought of as the intersection of HTML and XML in many respects, since it is a reformulation of HTML in XML. XHTML 1.0 became a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Recommendation on January 26, 2000.



A Reformulation of HTML 4 in XML 1.0 is what W3.org describes XHTML as.

XHTML is a stricter and cleaner version of HTML.

In this tutorial you will learn the difference between HTML and XHTML. We will also show you how this Web site was converted to XHTML.

XHTML also uses a Semantic Markup.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets

What programs will I need for witch language?

For HTML, XHTML, XML, XLST, PHP, CSS, ASP, Javascript, You will need Notepad or any normal text editor. For compiling languages you usually need a compiler like for Java or Visual Basic, C++, C#.

What are some websites to look at to study these languages.

http://www.w3schools.com
http://www.w3.org
http://www.htmlgoodies.com
http://www.amazon.co.uk - books
http://www.php.net
http://www.devshed.com
http://www.sitepoint.com
http://www.pixel2life.com
http://www.lynda.com

Will you personaly help me to learn these languages

Of course, Shoot me a PM when you need some help.

Anything else I should knowabout these languages

There are many hidden depths and hacks in any languages, you learn how to do error handling with any good tutorial so don't worry about that.

Any comnets you have to me about learnig these language or any other statments you have.

You have to stick it through and be motivated if you want the outcome to be good