Languages and Tools for Web programming

Question

I am wanting to start Web Development and I was wondering what languages I would want to learn and what (if at all possible) free tools I would want to use.

Answer 1

Languages:

• HTML
• Javascript plus jQuery
• for server side, anything from C++ to Ruby to ASP.NET
• PHP

Tools:

• Firebug
• Internet Explorer / Firefox / Chrome / Opera
• Text editor (vim / emacs)

(please add to the above lists, answer CW)

Answer 2

Client side: see http://wsc.opera.com/

Server side: use pretty much any language you are comfortable with (I tend towards Perl with the Catalyst framework)

Answer 3

Some links:

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2596214/a-good-resource-for-an-overview-of-web-technologies
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2583494/are-there-any-other-web-programming-languages-that-can-be-used-without-a-framewor
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2570160/what-web-frameworks-and-languages-have-the-lowest-development-time
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2536054/how-to-choose-the-right-web-application-framework
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2344508/which-development-method-use-for-a-website-development
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/72394/what-should-a-developer-know-before-building-a-public-web-site

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