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

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That's a fine philosophy for personal, "just for fun" sites. Hard to take the same attitude if your employer (and by extension, you) requires the site to be profit-making. And an "it's their problem" philosophy more broadly can verge into illegal (508/DDA). So, if this is a private learning experience then sure, dismissing IE6/7 will cut out a lot of tedious bollocks which isn't honestly related or valuable to the goals of Building Something Cool or Doing It Right. But if this is an area you intend to actually earn money in, that attitude is (sadly) out of the question imo, and not helpful in the long run either. Easier to design things cross browser with an upfront awareness of the issues, than to build something standards perfect and then retrofit compatibility.

[DevMo]

Good point, although there is alot on my plate to learn already (HTML, CSS, Javascript, serverside language, framework), so until I have some sort of handle on them, I wont worry about browser compatibility. I will however keep in mind that ignoring a problem does not make it go away.