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Originally Posted by Simon Moon
You could then easy slip into PHP from there, as you can use PHP and HTML in unison inside the same file. That alone will make it fast and easy to learn. I would not go for Javascript though. It is handy to know if you do webpages, but if you want to create programs that run on their own, Visual Basic, Java or C++ are better solutions for that, so you should rather go for them later.
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The reason I recommended Javascript is because its like "Dummed Down PHP" in structure... Also, webpages are a good thing to know how to make well regardless of your future career (heck, even if your career isn't going to be in computers you should still know how to make a web page).
While I don't think that you should spend a ton of time on Javascript, you should at least learn the basics... Especially if you learn PHP first. Javascript should only take a day or two to get the hang of if you know PHP... I learned Javascript in one week (granted I wasn't doing anything else... That Kazakhstan trip last year is when I really jumped into web design), its really not a hard "language" (if you can call it that).
But yeah, in the long run C++, Java or Visual Basic are more helpful from a programmer standpoint.
EDIT: Another thing... If you want to be programming games, don't do Java first... You can if you REALLY want to, but C++ is the best equipped to handle gaming (IMHO)