[Web4lib] Programming Languages?

[carlos lopez]

Darr, Jonelle wrote:
 > Can anyone recommend which programming languages would be most useful
 > for staff to learn if they are managing our Horizon library catalog and
 > our website?  php?  XML? what else?
 >

Hi Jolene

If you want someone to work with HIP (Horizon Information Portal) they'll definitely need a good 
grasp of cascading style sheets, Javascript, XML and PHP. I wouldn't bother about Java etc unless 
you want to develop new applications onsite (if you just want to run the server, you already pay a 
maintenance fee in case of repairs etc). If you want to try various other mashups and mini 
applications and the like (for example, are you familiar with Davey Pattern's work, at the 
University of Huddersfield?), you may find other languages useful (Davey uses Perl extensively). 
Basically, it depends just what you want to do.

c.


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