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i want to write a simple web app that can connect to databases and display simple text and images. I know a bit of programming - mainly C. Also i have a very short time frame for learning the language and technologies associated with it. Which language would be good/ also what would be a good starting point

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If you know C, PHP should come naturally.

It's also:

• Widely deployed
• Easy to get started
• Built exclusively for the web
• Plenty of resources for learning

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Have a look at Ruby on Rails, especially the screencast on their homepage, “Creating a weblog in 15 minutes with Rails 2”.

The syntax is different from C but on the other hand there’s practically no learning curve for simple web applications.

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You can't get much simpler than PHP. It's got C-type syntax. It's available nearly everywhere.

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As an alternative to PHP, try Python with Django. It's very quick to learn, a much nicer language than PHP, and has a good community. The only issue is it's not as widely deployed as PHP. But if you control the server then that shouldn't matter.

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PHP syntax is similar to C and it won't take much time to build a simple app. PHP is one of the easiest language i've known :).

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Every time you are talking about a web application you get involved into javascript stuff so I say you give node js a try because it's fast and it has a lot of tools that could be integrated into your application with a few commands