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If you want to just jump in and make something frameworks such as Django and Rails make a nice level of abstraction above the database and even above the raw HTML.
If you're looking for a recommendation, I love Django.
isn't web objects smalltalk based? Maybe your first port of call could be jsp
Tis a shame.
For CSS: I've never used Blueprint.css, but it looks pretty awesome.
Maybe Seam would be interesting, too - created by the Hibernate guys, it is supposed to be inspired by Rails.
ASP.NET: Soup to Nuts http://www.benkotips.com/Default.aspx?tabid=798 You won't regret it!
For Java I would say Spring is the current standard, although I admit the web part of spring is a bit confusing at first (in reality it is quite simple, though). Don't use Struts, please. Maybe Seam would be interesting, too - created by the Hibernate guys, it is supposed to be inspired by Rails.
If you want to first learn the fundamentals, PHP/MySQL is a good place to start. If you want to just jump in and make something frameworks such as Django and Rails make a nice level of abstraction above the database and even above the raw HTML. If you're looking for a recommendation, I love Django.
He wants to revamp the site, which he hasn't fundamentally changed in 5 years or more, and asked me what to suggest. 'python manage.py inspectdb', the built in admin, and clean separation between code and style converted him to Django.