newbie question: what kind of programming should I learn?

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This my first new thread, and I would really appreciate some advice.
I have some time on my hands, and I know very little programming. So I'm thinking, this is probably my chance to learn some. I guess it would help when I start affiliate marketing, or even if I reach a point when I outsource things to coders (at least I'll be able to understand what they're saying!)
I know some (very) basic HTML, so I'll brush up on that. But what about SQL?
I haven't seen any posts about this, and I'd love any suggestions... :)
 


If you want to program stuff online learn PHP/MySQL. I would buy a book, thats how I learned PHP.
 
PHP and MySQL is without a doubt the de facto standard on the web. Almost all the free tools are built on LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP).

Getting a book is one way to learn, or you could just type in "php tutorial" into your favorite search engine. Once you understand some of the examples, build your "hello world" application, and then start to do more creative things.

Good luck.
 
PHP hands down. And if you're new to programming, it's a piece of piss to pick up
 
Hey, thanks for the quick replies, guys.
I'll go get myself books on php and MySQL then. I prefer books because I can underline stuff.
 
Everyone has their own style of learning. I already knew HTML and started to learn PHP just by reading tutorials, and then I bought a book. I've never read a programming book cover to cover though - they're best for skimming through and putting the pieces together on your own, in my opinion.
 
XAMPP is a good localhost testing enviroment. I like Apache2Triad better though. It has a much better GUI control panel for noobs to administer their server settings. And the english instructions are way better for it then the german to english translations on XAMPP.
 
Ruby? If you can find a webhost(I use a2hosting and speedyrails for my hosting) it can be great and very easy to learn.
 
As everyone said, PHP and MYSQL.

Here are some video tutorials on php. my suggestion is to learn it, but don't become obsessed about it. If you notice, those that make a lot of money are hardly really hard coding programmers. It is IMO important to know it.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions. I doubt that I'd read a coding book cover to cover, but they're good for references. And I'll check out the video tutorials :)
Beerhat, thanks for mentioning that it's not necessary to know hard coding. I don't think I have that much patience, in fact, the lazy bum in me wishes that I didn't have to know coding at all :)
Anyway, I'm off to learn some basic stuff...
 
Hey,
I have been buildng small workable websites for years
I LOVE dreamweaver 4. If u learn how ot use it no reason to learn all the html fancy stuff
 
I recommend ruby on rails. If you download instant rails from sourceforge, you'll be up and running in no time. Its packaged with php, mysql, apache, mongrel, phpmyadmin, and a ruby programming guide. You can use instant rails for php development as well (instead of using xampp). If you want to try it out, I'd also recommend the book Wrox Beginning Ruby on Rails, its the best beginners book I've read for rails so far. Overall, ruby is not a hard language to learn.

If you have any questions, or need any help getting started, let me know.
 
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