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Originally Posted by Matt Willard  @Apollia: Web development has also piqued my interest, though I'm not sure whether to focus on that or more local software development. |
I actually haven't had to choose - because I do both with PHP/MySQL/JavaScript/HTML/CSS.
My music organization database is a local application which I never intended to use on an actual online web server - though it could fairly easily be adapted for such use, since those languages are generally used mainly for web development.
Somewhat frighteningly, PHP (used as part of XAMPP) is capable of reading and manipulating files anywhere on your hard drive(s). However, this feature made it possible for me to create some database software (not intended to run on an online web server; and also not finished yet, but it will be available as a free download from my website whenever it's finally done) with some very useful search capabilities to help me organize and locate files on my computer.
It's a bit like
Google Desktop, with missing features, and some extra features Google Desktop doesn't have, and the advantage that it's open source and thus modifiable by me or anyone else who wants to modify it.
I also like that I don't have to worry about Google Desktop's
security/privacy issues - instead, I'll have my own security/privacy issues to worry about, and no one to blame but myself if something goes horribly wrong.
Perl is another language that can be used both on web servers and for offline stuff, though so far I've found it easier to just stick to PHP alone or Perl alone instead of trying to figure out how to make them work together, especially since I also don't yet know how to make Perl do anything with a MySQL database.
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As for Inform, well, I never was very good at Zork, so I dunno about that one :V
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Yeah, I was never very good at Zork either.
Inform definitely isn't as useful as the other languages I and others have mentioned (except in the realm of writing text adventure games) - for instance, unless it has been tremendously enhanced since the last time I used it, I don't think it can access files on your computer other than saved game states.
Good luck with everything.
Best wishes,
Apollia