Poll for learning internet programming

[bfischer at usgs.gov]

Mapserver users,

I am fairly new to developing applications on the internet and would like
to hear from others who are much more experienced.  I know HTML and some
javascript, but I would like to learn another language to use for internet
programming in developing GIS applications on the web.  We are running our
webserver on NT.   I am wondering which language to learn Perl, Java, or
another?  I have also found a lot of tutorials on learning these languages,
but I am not for sure if there are any really good ones.   Any suggestions
would help.

Thanks,
Brian

Brian Fischer
bfischer at usgs.gov
USGS WRD
2280 Woodale Dr.
Mounds View, MN
(612) 783-3133