Question
Anonymous writes:
" I know HTML and know I'm trying to learn a scripting language. Which language would you recommend " ?

Answer
11/08/99

Having a solid understanding of HTML is definitely going to help you when learning a scripting language.

Which language should you learn? Well, that pretty much depends on what you want to do, how you want to do it, and what resources you have to do it. For instance, if you are trying to improve your site's interface by making it more dynamic on the client-side, you should learn JavaScript (the scripting language of choice of a majority of web builders). On the other hand, if you are trying to make your site more dynamic on the server-side (backend) you might want to learn CGI or PERL or ASP.

Here are a few scripting languages you might want to consider.

- ASP
- PERL
- CGI (although this really is considered a programming language)
- PHP
- JavaScript
- VBScript

Scripting languages are generally easier to learn than programming languages. Also, all scripting languages have both advantages and disadvantages.

Just remember, learn a language that you think will best suit your needs, and no matter which language you decide to learn, remember that practice makes perfect.