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I am new to WebSite development.But I have great skills and experience in Java and C.I have gained sufficient knowledge in HTML,CSS and JavaScript.

I have an idea about creating a social website and I want to implement it.It includes serverSide processing so I have to learn pyhon/php.

I will be using features like creating an object of the user,database querying for now.

My problem is how should I start?which language?python or php? Having skills in other programming language which material should I choose for learning python/php.(material which assume that user have programming background).

Moreover should I learn them from scratch and complete or should I just start building the website and learn in the process?

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Go for PHP it's easy to learn especially if you know Java like me.

It has Java like syntax. (Making it that much easier to learn).

php.net is a great place to learn stuff with W3Schools showing you the basics.

But the logic and concepts are like Java. Have fun, I did moved form java to php/perl. And start building your site and learn in the process. it's better that way.

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I'd think that a lot of people would differ on that opinion. I don't particularly like Python but it does have a certain ethos of "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it" which isn't bad when learning a new language. Again, I'm not a fan of Python in general but compared to PHP it seems like a more favorable choice. – Rig Jun 13 at 14:18
w3fools.com – oezi Jun 13 at 17:49

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