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When I first started learning programming, choices were limited to machine code or a version of BASIC. But then I am ancient. windows 7

In many ways, the newcomer to programming who’s aiming at web or mobile development has a much better time of it today. This is because whilst there are many,  product many languages to choose from, they have much more in common than languages of the past. Learn ActionScript, for example, and you’re half way there with C#, PHP and JavaScript, as their basic constructs are identical.

Microsoft But the real value you, as a web developer, can bring to a project is specialist skill. Whilst every good PHP developer understands the basics of C#, no web project can be completed without in-depth knowledge, and this takes time and lots and lots of practice to develop. It’s a huge investment so the choice of which language to specialise in is also critical, at least in the short- to medium-term.