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Old 04-07-2008, 05:26 PM
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Lynda.com if you're into the design side.

w3schools or VTC are great for the programming side.

I would start with HTML (and Dreamweaver if you plan on using a GUI), then move onto XML/CSS for increased design functionality on HTML.

PHP is great for building free dynamic sites. MySQL is also extremely powerful in that area.

Flash is a great touch to add for design purposes, but for any and all of these you may need more than a month to get functioning on your unless you're busting your ass learning this stuff.

ASP.NET & VB.NET/C#.Net are very powerful as well. You can get free, learning versions of the development platforms from Microsoft (Microsoft SQL Server Express, & Visual Studio Express (VB.NET Express))

VB is easier to learn if you're starting, and C# is extremely robust. If you're feeling courageous, try to take on C#. If you want a strong foundation you might want to stick with VB.NET at first. To learn the .NET way instead of the PHP/MySQL way (which is the Open Source route) go to LearnVisualStudio.net, it's an excellent site and has tons of videos. Aside from learning CSS/HTML that site will teach you just about everything you need to know to create extremely robust applications.
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