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Hey thanks very much for mentioning my article, I appreciate it

Hey sean,

Jitendra from SezWho here.

I saw your tweek re:SezWho…Can you please elaborate on the issue you were having? SezWho should certainly not break comments…Please send me a mail at Jitendra [at] sezwho.com and we will address the issue.

Thanks, Jitendra

Lot of great stuff in 1.3…Looking forward to trying it.

Hi there Sean, I’m also an aspiring web designer. But i’m still young. How i wish i’m just like you with lots of knowledge about web technologies.

By the way, thanks for this post, and thanks for visiting my blog.

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Joyce

http://www.videophonesguide.com

zplits, its a fun trip. Web development / design is such an interesting field. While the concept required to master it are somewhat simple (relatively), the breadth of knowledge you will need is amazing. You will always find new technologies to learn, always find new ways to use that technology.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me (seangw@seangw.com in case you haven’t found it elsewhere). You can also contact me on Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/seangw, or just keep watching this blog.

wow. you actually replied. Thank you sir, don’t you know that you’re the first web designer who replied to me? I think most of them ignored me. But it’s okay, at least you did replied. And for that your the first.

I’m a bit confuse on which language to learn first. I have learned html, css, and a bit of php, mysql, javascript, and actionscript. Do you have any advice for me?

Thanks for your response sir, really appreciate it.
And by the way, i’m following you on twitter, please follow me too, http://twitter.com/zplitstonez.

Thanks a lot

You’re quite welcome!

What are you most interested in, with regards to web design? Is it the design itself? Are you more interested in ecommerce?

Different languages lend themselves to different activities. If you are more into design, I would recommend going the Flash / Actionscript and AJAX / Javascript route. Those will power your design.

If you are looking more heavily into backend components, I would recommend Java / JSP / J2EE, or ASP.Net. PHP is great, but not usually used on the larger sites. Personally I think PHP is fine, you just have to know how to build efficient websites with it.

PHP is always easier to learn quickly, as just setting up a Java / JSP / J2EE environment takes a lot of time. ASP.Net is efficient, but I feel there is a steep learning curve initially. Once you get passed the ASP.Net learning curve, you wish you had took the time to do Java / JSP / J2EE.

MySQL is great, but you shoudl also take the time to learn MSSQL if you can, as well as Oracle. Again, this depends on your goals. Most larger websites use Oracle (corporate at least). Non corporate, such as digg / reddit (I know, I’m using “non corporate” a little liberally here) would probably use MySQL as it’s more popular in a startup. Costs to implement Oracle, in an enterprise, begin at around $50k — so startups lean away from it (but it’s great with financial transactions, and larger numbers).

Hi again sir sean. Thank you for brightening it up for me. I want more on design. I think i’ll take what you have recommended me, going for Flash/actionscript, ajax, javascript route and add some php and mysql. I think it will be best.

I’m so thankful for the thoughts that you have shared to me. I’ve never heard that advice from someone here. Thank you so much sir.

I’m so thankful. Very.

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