which is better to start up......

[rafyrod]

Hi folks, I'm new to web development and this forum, and i would like to meet new people here. LOL

But i would like to work in web design and I dont know which software is better to start up I recently bought Adobe CS3, Microsoft Expression Blend, and I also have downloaded Visual Studio 2008.
To make things short I have spend a lot of money in books and software, but don't know how to start...

pliz any help is REALLY appreciated..

 

[ahk2chan]

Maybe you can tell us what you know first, and what do you want to focus in? Adobe is for graphics / layout design, and Studio is actually for application development...

 

[rafyrod]

well...

well i done simple web page in notepad and that about it....
but would like to learn how to build high end pages, I know it sound to much much for somebody that only know so much little like how to put html codes in notepad....

 

[ahk2chan]

Don't worry about the notepad... a lot of us do that... (ok maybe textpad, or ultraedit)

If you are looking at developing dynamic web pages, then I would suggest you start looking at some scripting languages, such as PHP or ASP. Also look at Javascripts library, such as JQuery or Dojo.

 

[rafyrod]

and which web development software would you recommend?

 

[ahk2chan]

... notepad? For myself, I have been using just a text editor to create PHP scripts. I have also used text editor to do ASP scripts too, but it is pre-ASP.net time and I have only done it for a few small projects.

For PHP / MySQL development environment, I am currently trying something called WAMP. Google it and you will find it.

 

[rafyrod]

I'm going to try that to see where it lead me....
I just downloaded XML Notepad 2007 from Microsoft...
But thanks