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quiz
10-29-2009, 07:33 PM
Hi,

I'm near completion of a bs in comp sci but have very little web development experience. I want to develop an online quiz that can incorporate still images and audio where a student can quiz him/herself through multiple choice, fill in the blank, and matching. I know some HTML, and have done some things with radio buttons and text boxes. Can anyone recommend a language to get started?

Thanks.

opifex
10-29-2009, 11:29 PM
The easiest to learn is probably PHP, but PERL, Python and JAVA are also a very good options to begin with.
But I'm curious, just what are you learning in programming to lead up to a BS in computer sci? Surely you must have had some exposure to these languages? While PHP is primarily used only as a "web" language, the Perl and Python are pre-Web and although Java is still in it's teens is one a widely used language for building cross-platform applications.
I really am curious... the main languages we learned in the "olden days" were Fortran, Cobol, Lisp, Pascal, C and UNIX. Please tell me that times have changed!

quiz
10-30-2009, 06:43 PM
I did one web design course using HTML and something called CGI. Seemed a little clunky. I'd like to use a language that doesn't cause messages to pop up like "You need to have Javascript enabled to use this program". I'll look into PHP.

My comp sci courses still use C as a fundamental programming language, but we also had Java and C++. I also programmed in Fortran in an earlier course, and we even used APL, which I actually thought was pretty cool. I can't think of all of them. I've got end of the week burnout.

Thanks for your reply.