# Becoming a great web developer!

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**Created:** [October 2, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/becoming-a-great-web-developer/124365 "2004-10-02T20:42:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![hazza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@hazza](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hazza)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/becoming-a-great-web-developer/124365/1 "2004-10-02T20:42:44Z")

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hi!

i am actually a musician, not a web designer, but i am interested in it and have taught myself some basic flash and html stuff to make my site: [www.beyondsound.co.uk](http://www.beyondsound.co.uk)  
i think ive learnt a lot and im quite happy with how the site worked out (although its still not quite done yet!)

but now, again, i am restricted by my capabilities. i have seen the incredible possibilities php and java open up to the web developer and there is so much i want to learn and be able to do.

my question is a simple one: what is the best thing for me try and learn first?

my first thought was java, but then i thought - is it really still as usefull as it used to be? mabe php is the way to go… obviously, i need to have a basic understanding of all of them, but i have to start somewhere… as far as actionscript goes, i think i know enough to get by for what i want to do at the moment.

well, anything you have to say would be great! also, any thoughts on my current web site?

thanks very much 🙂  
-Harry