As a manager of over 20 programmers, I would say from a web point of via PHP would be your best bet. Everybody who graduates today can program in Java, and if they don't have any other skills I don't even interview them. I consider Java programmers to be the MCSE of a few years ago.
Donny > -----Original Message----- > From: Walt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 1:46 PM > To: Rhino; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Newbie question > > I recently graduated from college, BS in computer science, I am familiar > with a variety of languages including C++, Java, VB, jscript, perl, cgi > and sql. I used VB in the past for a front end on MS access. I have not > yet landed a job so I thought learning mySql and creating a some sort of > form that could up date the db woul dbe nice. The big question is where to > begin, which language to use for a simple form and how to hook the form to > the db. > > tia Walt > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rhino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Walt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 12:10 AM > Subject: Re: Newbie question > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Walt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 8:00 AM > > Subject: Newbie question > > > > > > > I need a little advice on where to get started. I want to create a db > and > > simple form that will populate the db. Which language is best? What > should > > I read to help me along? > > > > That's pretty hard to answer since you haven't said anything about your > > skills, your environment, etc. > > > > Java is a really neat language but there's a pretty substantial learning > > curve to it. If you already know one or more programming languages, you > > should say so; it's quite possible that the language you already know > can be > > used to do the work you require. > > > > If you are doing this work strictly on your own and for yourself, you > can > > choose pretty much any language like Java, Perl, Php, C, C++, etc. On > the > > other hand, if you are part of an IT shop, you should probably use the > shop > > language, whatever it is. If you are doing this work for a customer and > will > > hand maintenance of the program over to them, you should choose a > language > > that your customer can support. > > > > Etc. etc. > > > > There are many possible options but the best one depends on your > situation. > > > > Rhino > > > > > > -- > > MySQL General Mailing List > > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
