Computer Science - studying the basics?

Question

I am interested in learning more about computer science - namely programming for web pages, and the basics/more advanced elements of it.

What would be the first step - I am wanting to pick things up myself and appreciate there is A LOT to take in.

Any suggestions on good textbooks for various disciplines within the computer science umbrella?

I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering so I have a grip on mathematical knowledge - I even know basic computing (C+, Pascal) but nothing on, say Java or any web code.

Please help!

Answer 1

Do yo mean that you want to be a 'web developer'?

If so, you'll need to learn :

HTML - for web pages

Understand the concept of the Document Object Model or DOM

JAVASCRIPT - for making web pages do clever stuff using the DOM

PHOTOSHOP - for making images on web pages

SQL - for creating and maintaining databases

PHP - for integrating databases with web pages

AJAX - Which kind of fills the gap between JAVASCRIPT and PHP

Good luck :-)

Answer 2

HTML is the basic language for webpages and you should have no problem picking it up from the many excellent books.

Beyond that it is largely a matter of taste: ASP, VB.net, PHP etc.

Answer 3

There is a few at the top for computer science.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&sa=...

And here is some softwear to ceate your own web site address.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&sa=...

Answer 4

Computer science is not web code your background seems geared more to computer science than web code

OK sorry - if you want to learn the basics of web code you need to get into markup (HTML/XHTML/XML/XSLT etc.) Javascript (Jquery frameworks etc. the much overhyped AJAX) Server side scripting (ASP.net or PHP) Databases (SQLServer or MySQL) and a little bit of graphics editing. There are more skills like Flash etc. choose wisely if you can.

I could go on and on but i would not recomend any books the net is your best friend and enjoy