A developer question from a newbie

hi there!
i'm trying to improve my geek skills and could use some direction from smart people like yourselves.
all i know is some very basic html and photoshop that i learned 10yrs ago. think of me as a young grandma in terms of ability.
my goal is to be able to create my own website from scratch, or heck, even jazz up my posterous/ tumblr blogs. i know, how lame/ quaint. but we all start somewhere.
so, question: where to start?
i've been thrown all these acronyms, php, mysql, css, javascript -- and then html5 and css3! me no understand!
my computer genius brother tells me that i should learn the basics before learning dreamweaver...but i haven't a clue what that means. do i take a css class? an html5 class?
i'm in nyc and would ideally not like to spend a fortune on a class. i also do want an instructed class b/c i'm definitely one of those obnoxious kids that asks a bazillion questions to clarify. and bonus points if it's an intensive class b/c i'm impatient. wah wah.
many thanks,
steph

Steph
You have plenty of resourced available to you on line, without paying a penny. I guess though, it depends how quickly you want to get going and how best you learn.
If you search this forum there will be heaps of suggested links to help you brush up on the grand themes, specific techniquies and of course, Dreamweaver. In my mind the areas that you mention are all important, interelated but quite distinct. HTML and CSS are the building blocks of any web page, PHP/MySql are about building dynamic sites and Javascript helps add functionality and whistles and bells to the design. You can certainly get going with HTML and CSS and then add some of the other stuff without really knowing that much about them.
A good place to start is http://www.w3schools.com/
Martin

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2756
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Alanna J wrote:
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technologyMan wrote:
I am learning jsp now. You´re actually at the JSF forum here.
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I am a newbie on oracle database,and now I meet a question.It is said in the book that you can use:
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It looks just like it.Thank you very much.
And then I can't do any practices on this chapter.
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