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Learning to build a/website building programs

No Great NameNo Great Name FRAUD DETECTEDRegistered User regular
edited October 2009 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
So, as nerdy as I am, I have never made my own website. I feel like I have a well crafted idea for one, and would like some input on how to best go about it.

To people that have done so, what was your starting point?

My only software qualifications are a tiny bit of c++ and java.

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    shadydentistshadydentist Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    The place to start is to learn HTML, followed by CSS and perhaps XHTML. Then if you're feeling ambitious, follow with PHP and brush up on your Javascript to get into Ajax.

    Start here: http://www.w3schools.com/

    As for programs, the best website coders all use Notepad*

    *not really, but notepad's great.

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    BolthornBolthorn Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Notepad++ sucka!

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    Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Bolthorn wrote: »
    Notepad++ sucka!

    Unless your time with C++ has introduced you to the immaculate glory that is vim, this.

    Also Microsoft's Visual Web Developer is pretty nice (also free), but you're kind of locked in to ASP.Net. This is really not a bad thing in any way.

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    khalathaskhalathas Computer Repair Technician Sarasota, FLRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I'm actually a huge fan of Eclipse for my IDE: http://www.eclipse.org/
    I personally use ColdFusion, but that's probably something to get into after you cover the basics first, as its not cheap to get started with (special server required, expensive). Definitely learn CSS, you can do amazing things with it: http://www.csszengarden.com

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    Jubal77Jubal77 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Notepad++ is the best for hardcoding imho. That or gedit if im on my linux box.

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