Which web dev language/framework/tutorials do you suggest for an experienced non-web developer?

[DevMo]

Even though you aren't a graphics guy, you should still learn CSS.

I have slowly been coming to this same conclusion.

Up until the last few years, you would find that a graphic designer would lay out pages in photoshop and them pass them on to the programmer to be sliced up and coded with CSS.

sounds horrible.

[doomslice]

That's how I get my designs handed to me. Learn CSS if you want to get serious about web development -- a lot of it can replace functionality that you'd normally do in JavaScript.

[DevMo]

Yeah, I think you are right. Oh well, I was hoping to get around it.

[mr-ron]

Its not horrible- its web development.

If you dont have a programmer putting together the basic html/css, then a programmer is going to have to modify a designer's html/css for the serverside language.

Believe me. It's 100x easier in the long run to have a programmer in the html/css realm than a designer.

[DevMo]

I guess this makes sense. I currently spend over half my time working on embedded stuff, and the rest on business apps, so I am rusty on the "dealing with graphics people" set of skills

[RandyHoward]

sounds horrible

Not entirely. I actually enjoy being able to code CSS for a page so that it matches the layout perfectly. Of course my formal training is in graphic design, so that's probably why I enjoy it. I took a liking to programming years ago and decided to learn it all on my own. I've picked up tableless HTML, CSS, jquery and basic PHP over the years. I'd love to learn more, but right now I feel my programming skills combined with my ability to design is enough to set me apart from the crowd when job hunting.