Hey
I want to learn a new coding language.
Say i want to create an application like a count down timer and put it on my webpage. What coding language would i use to create it?

phil

can i just create a .java file and put it on the webpage?

what other languages can i use?

I was using refresh meta tag with seconds of delay, it depend what you need to do exactly.. the best is to find it on a web site and copy the code from there or search for scripts on google

I recommend ASP.NET as a framework and C# as a language. Most people prefer VB instead.

Well it wouldn't be ".java" it would be .js. and I would use javascript to code something like that.

could be a java applet as well. (.jar)

applets load slower in a lot of browsers. Better to stick with .js.

Just go to Dynamic Drive and take a script like: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...dhtmlcount.htm. That's what I would do for that.

You can find different clock timer that you can use to your webpage in the net. just try planet source code or vbcode. Be sure that the program that you will download do not have virus..Good Luck

What coding languages do you know now?

You can use flash. Or you can search on net.

If you already know php and ASP.net you can learn Ruby.

Ruby seems to be cool =)

I think Java is the way to go...

I would use Java, its the easiest. There a ton of free scripts online to use.

There should be a clear distinction between Java and Java Script. a countdown snipet of java script is what you need. for something that small I would definetly use java script its really easy to create countdown.

My prefered language of choice is C#.NET + Ajax + java script combination.