FW: What development environment?

[Joe Herman]

Hello, I am a website designer and am committed to learning how to
create database driven websites. Currently I am thinking about using php
with MySql, but was wondering if there were any more compelling
development environments such as visual studio.net, asp, and or java.
 
Based on the experience of users on this list, can anyone tell me what
they prefer and why? What do most people use here?
 
Joe.