>>> On 3/24/2010 at 4:08 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Just as important as the actual language may be the programming techniques 
> you will have to learn. Now-a-day knowing how to read and write XML is almost 
> imperative. Knowing how to do I/O against a database is all but necessary. 
> Understanding how to send URL's to remote resources and parsing the results 
> is common place. Learning how to output your content as an HTTP response is 
> all too common. All of the languages incorporate extensions for doing such 
> things.
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As a relative newbie myself, any advice on how/where to pick up these particular things? (Especially everything after the XML.) 

Thanks,

Laura Harris
Web Services Librarian
Grand Valley State University