I have a few friends and we are planning of forming a team and learn more about web dev & programming, start doing some projects together

i currently know html & css
2 of my friends know c & c++
1 friend know flash & graphics
the others are beginners

we want to split the languages between us so we will have access to all kinds of languages in our group

we plan on making gaming sites, forums etc that are both useful and look nice

what languages do you guys suggest for the beginner friends?
can you use c++ for any web oriented stuff? if not what languages do you guys suggest for them to study?




another topic i started:
http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/showtopic110165.htm

Yes, but only if they are compiled to run of the specific OS the server is running, and it is normally more work than it is worth.

I would suggest having them start learning PHP, Javascript, CSS and HTML.

Any good reason why your text is red?

If you're going into web dev, HTML is a must, for everyone on your team. CSS will help a lot for everyone too. Javascript for client side and PHP for server side you can split up on, maybe have half the team learn each.

C and C++ is not a big language used for web dev. You can use them, and a lot of people did/do with cgi scripts, but C++ and web dev don't really go together. C++ experience will be very valuable in helping them learn PHP and javascript though.

The forums will be in PHP and MySQL most likely. What type of games you want to make will be important. If there is tons of server side communication, like games that you don't start over fresh each time, then you'll probably use PHP or java. If you just have something like pinball, then flash would be good. These are just the general tendencies though, and you can go against them no problem.

(keep in mind that these are just my opinions and I am by no means an expert)

good luck!

thanks for the answers

the red text puts some personality in my post in all this black dullness
and also bold so easier to read

actually thinking of a game portal
which will contain a mix of games

flash games like in
http://armorgames.com/
text based games like in
http://www.ogame.org/
free server hosted games like
cs, uo, aoe etc.. (actually have some experience in this kind)

maybe shockwave games later

these are just in thinking process except the third one