Good study material for C#,JavaScript,PHP?

Question

Hi all,

I am a proficient C++/Qt coder, having worked only on desktop projects till now. I wanted to extend my knowledge base into the web realm. In this regard, can some of you suggest good reading material for C#,JavaScript and php? And are there any standards for these languages as there are for C,C++ like ANSI C,C99,C++0x etc.

Answer 1

C#:

Here's the book and here's the ECMA standard specification.

Answer 2

For PHP, I would recommend these three books whose approach to PHP Web development is quite disciplined and could actually be used to build small- medium (perhaps large) scale projects. They are not really meant for beginners but with your good background in C++ / O-O programming, it should be relatively easy to pick the material.

1. Beginning PHP and MySQL Ecommerce from Novice To Professional
2. [PHP Anthology : Object Oriented PHP Solutions][2]
3. [PHP Objects, Patterns and Practice][3]

Answer 3

While books on any topic are the ultimate things to read, you may want to try out this tutorial to start coding in PHP almost instantly.

That said, there is no substitute to reading a real book.

For javascript, I don't really know which book to pick first. I learnt javascript by writing javascript apps, and reading lots of articles and tutorials.

PS: I'm Qt Fan! I'm learning :D

Answer 4

For C#

• MSDN
• C# complete reference
• C# Bible

Answer 5

For PHP, the website http://www.php.net/ is "The Best". You go to manual http://in2.php.net/manual/en/index.php to get started.

What C/C++ developers should know about C#, use .Net Book Zero.