[SWLUG] Programming language for a dummy

[Terry John]

Sounds like you need to think on how you collect your info to get it
into a format you are familiar with. If you are to use an unfamiliar
language to do that then once your data is in a familiar form it will be
easy to work on.

If you are trying to produce stats on a web page then it's a different
thing. Sounds like quite a long learning curve.

Quick rule of thumb

Javascript: for client side, running on the browser
PHP: Embedded within HTML for web pages
Perl: Best for CGI's and maybe more suited for heavier work than PHP

Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces at swlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at swlug.org] On
Behalf Of matt at matthewmoore.org.uk
Sent: 30 July 2010 15:59
To: discuss at swlug.org
Subject: [SWLUG] Programming language for a dummy

Hello all,

I'm looking for recommendations for an easy to learn and idiot proof
programming language.  I have two main requirements for this language:

1 - I do a lot of fiddling with spreadsheets and text files with lots of
networking stuff in them, to produce stats and the like.  It would be
nice
if it's easy to read in, combine and filter stuff like that.  Scripting
stuff basically.

2 - I'd like to do some web dev stuff, so again it would be nice if it's
easy and convenient to get started.

The more handholding in terms of hiding annoying things (eg stuff like
CPAN
modules and the like) the better really.

I guess I could just 'pick one' but I'm just looking for some
recommendations.

Cheers,

Matt

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