Wow, lots of interesting perspectives. Just thought I'd mention that I chose PHP 5/6, and now v7 because it is a piece of cake, very very similarly structured to old school OO basic so it was easy to pick up, and is interpretive like basic unless there is a PHP compiler??!? It is also standard on LAMP, with millions of sample apps available on the weeb. I've also learned that "Java is to javascript as car is to carpet", and will need to read up as to why...I always though they were related, but not exactly the same.