You Call This A Source Code Category?

[Lakario]

Hmmmm, I have yet to see any source code here so in the spirit of programming, let's all find out what people like to code in.

I myself am a HTML/CSS/JavaScript/PHP/MySQL buff and I also spend some time here and there on C++ and Perl. What about you guys?

[Joe]

i like working with PHP. I dont know too much about it ... but i do know it sure beats html ...

[Lakario]

I definitely agree, HTML is not a language, but it's certainly fun. I could type font color=barf and get a result. It has a closest color matching system, it's hilarious. As for PHP, it definitely kicks complete ass, so powerful, so sexy. :0~~~ *drool*

JavaScript is pretty good for graphical stuff, I am not too experienced with it but I can do some nice stuff, although I wouldn't recommend for full-blown web applications personally. A nice combination of PHP's server-side functions and JavaScript's client-side functions certainly make a nice ouput without-a-doubt.

[Lakario]

CSS useless!?!? Lies!! CSS is incredible, have you ever seen what you can do with a stylesheet. CSS is excellent. You can control the entire output of your page from one source file while keeping your code clean and obscured. You cannot float things without CSS, you cannot trigger DHTML type events like hiding elements without CSS, you cannot Z-Index things without CSS. The list goes on.

I am making a new site where the entire output is controlled by a single stylesheet, all I must do to alter the entire appearance of the site is change a few stylesheet entries. The site is handled in CSS/PHP/MySQL and there is almost no HTML tags like tables because I let CSS handle the whole formatting and output for me. There is so much more power and professional appearance when one uses CSS. You really ought to look into it my uninformed friend.

For example, here is some CSS: http://www.moddev.net/files.php?p=info&fid=2... Simply move your mouse over the preview image and enjoy.

[Lakario]

To each his own I suppose.

[zaltec]

Yeah, that's where I'd go...takes a little time to get into the whole coding thing, unless you have written code before. Familiarise yourself with HTML first, cos that will introduce you easily to webpages, rather than jumping headfirst into PHP MySQL and Javascripting

[Lakario]

HTML is still not a language in my opinion, it is a formatting routine not worthy of the title language.

On a side note, Zaltec, learn to spell my name. It's Lakario, not Lankario or Lokario...

As for the likes of thee NaSTy, I also grew up in a town of about 4000, although it was a rich town and every class had 3 or 4 computers in K-8 until high school (where I am now) which has a far less desktops. Regardless, my K-8 school didn't teach me anything and niether has high school (although it could in theory because we do have a couple useless noob classess...). The point being, I tought myself everything I know by buying a few books and disecting code whenever I could. I learned HTML buy "obtaining" Dreamweaver and making a page then disecting how it worked. I basically tittered around with everything else I know by testing what I could and couldn't do.

If you need a nice listing and tutorials of HTML, CSS, XHTML, etc. functions visit W3Schools. For PHP functions go to PHP.net. On a side note for all who don't know and care if you access http://www.php.net/function-to-look-up it will bounce you to the appropriate document (i.e. http://www.php.net/echo). In reference to Poly's tips, Webmonkey can be found here.

Best of luck to thee and feel free to contact me if you need a hand. I go by Lakario on AIM, 101390922 on ICQ, and curv|Lakario (or just Lakario) on irc.gamesnet.net and irc.freenode.net.

Cheers.

[zaltec]

Hmmm...I added the extra "n", sorry dude...was not intentional.
Dreamweaver can use everything amking a quite a tool to use, you just have to get those PHP plugins
We had computers the whole way through school...from 1st grade through my 8 years of engineering It's a crying shame that they don't teach more people at an earlier age, although as Lakario says, learning by yourself is often very effective I used C++ to create my current working enviroements of RTD and I specifically coded LORS for the gfx manipulation that I am working on. They both are at a ratio of 1/34 and are purely for graphics. RTD is the "OS" of the two and LORS is the manipulation files and "smarts" for the program. Took me close to 2 weeks to get the commands for a cyberglove right. I had to disect other software to work out wherethey belong and what part they are controlled from

[Lakario]

What on Earth are you referring to Zaltec?

[zaltec]

In which part of my comment? What are you asking me about referring too?

[Lakario]

Your "RTD" and "LORS".

[zaltec]

It's a programming language I use at work, RTD and LORS are proprietary languages owned by Scuderia, INC. I was just explaining how I wrote them. because it was in c++...blah blah