webmasters

whats consist of a webmaster?

[zechariah]

What should a webmaster know-following todays technology if let's say i were to start learning certain web language which should i learn first.already knowing js,vbs, & a few more.But should i learn php first or perl or xml which i find it rather useful but all the hype seems to be on php? your view point please.Thanks, :)

[theperlyking]

My humble opinion, perl is very very useful and as a language I love it. PHP is not necessarily easier except in one area - database access where it really shines.

My advice is start learning both, look for a simple tutorial. When you've played with both for a bit go for the language that you feel more comfortable with, if you are working with a language you actually like you can be more productive.

[Brett_Tabke]

zechariah, welcome to the board.

HTML first, still the standard.
CSS second, growing by leaps and bounds.
Linux third, gotta have the basics of shell accounts and apache.
XML fourth, stands to grow fast.
js, pick up the scraps and learn how to find code...you should rarely have to write your own from scratch.
SQL, all larger websites will use SQL - you need to know how to use it.
PHP in a pinch, but very few larger companies are running it. It is basically relegated to some sectors of the net.
perl, I've yet to see a good website that didn't have some perl on it someplace (even if the admin didn't know it). The basics of perl can be learned in a week.
What is vbs? ;-) I can't imagine ever needing to know vbs.

[agerhart]

>>>what is vbs?

Visual Basic Script - needed for ASP

[Xoc]

Well, you could use JavaScript for ASP as well. However, I find VBScript a little easier. Realize though, that when Visual Studio.Net ships, there is an entirely new model for ASP. You use true Visual Basic, C#, or C++ to create your web pages. They are compiled and placed onto the server. Start looking for web pages that have the .aspx extension, that are compiled web pages. The performance increase should be substantial, since the page is no longer interpreted, instead being compiled. So VBScript will probably become a dead language.

[zechariah]

thanks guys---thanks a lot---now i know where to head to.:)

[Eric_Jarvis]

Brett Tabke: "perl, I've yet to see a good website that didn't have some perl on it someplace (even if the admin didn't know it). The basics of perl can be learned in a week."

if you have that long...a while back I hired a subcontractor to produce a PERL chatroom for a project based on the total eclipse...11pm the night before with 9 hours till it happened he hadn't set the chat room up and couldn't be contacted on the phone

by 8am the following morning I'd managed to find a chat room CGI I liked, learned enough PERL to alter it to fit with the site and the parameters required, uploaded and tested it

you can be tampering around with existing PERL scripts in a matter of hours entirely using web based tutorials

[circuitjump]

One more thing that was'nt mentioned is - You gotta love to do it! Or else you won't get far.

Circuitjump