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Rahul Khanna
Courses Plus Student 290 PointsSocial Network for institute
Hey i want to build social network for my institute. Will learning php from here help me to accomplish my aim.
1 Answer
Andrew McCormick
17,730 PointsRahul Khanna , that really depends. PHP is a great starting point in my opinion for learning web development. However it's not always the best choice. First you might want to lay out the needs of the social network. Think about it, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, these forums are all examples of social networks yet all serve different purposes and have different needs as to what is needed in the backend. So first layout the application. Then start evaluating languages to see which ones will best serve your needs. These might be some helpful links:
http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/choose-programming-language
http://lifehacker.com/which-programming-language-should-i-learn-first-1477153665
http://www.bestprogramminglanguagefor.me/
http://carlcheo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/which-programming-language-should-i-learn-first-infographic.png
http://lifehacker.com/learn-which-programming-language-to-choose-with-this-in-1669612111
hope that helps
Konrad Pilch
2,435 PointsKonrad Pilch
2,435 PointsFacebook PHP, Youtube, python, Twitter Rails i think.
PHP is good starting point yeah. I don't think you need to to go futher like Rails. I guess you could start of with RoR insteaf of PHP as well, but i jjust hink PHP has great functions for a beginner, and get into it on how itw works.