Hey everyone. I'm new to the forum, and somewhat new to programming. I have dabbled in HTML previously, for recreational uses, but recently decided to dive into programming as a career. I am halfway through the WROX book "Web Programming with HTML, XHTML and CSS" and i want to know where to go next. I am sold on WROX books, because of how they are laid out and make it easy to understand. my question is, which books should i get next, which languages should i learn next to broaden my horizons best? Which languages are more popular and more likely to be used by companies requesting services? What languages are looking promising for the future? What would be a good list of languages to learn?
My goals are web programming/developement, servers, and eventually advanced web programming with different languages. I've heard of C, C#, C++, VB.NET, etc.
I've done some javascript, but nothing advanced, and it looks like Javascript is a popular language still today. but, is JScript as good or better? should i look at learning JScript and javascript too?
My problem is there is so much out there, i don't know what to look at first, or what i want to do. I plan on using ASP.NET also, and want to know what all the .NET framework entails.
I am sorry there are so many questions, I am planning on taking some schooling and would like to know what to take that would best benefit me. i appreciate all of your help. Thanks.