java, php, mysql/mssql programming

Hey there. I think you are rushing into trying to learn all the stuff out there. You really shouldn't rush in making decisions about what to learn first. First of all choose only one of the above things to learn from. either go with Java or web development. don't take both of them together. as for the tutorials if you want to go with web development then the best site for that is http://www.w3schools.com whereas for Java get the e-book Head first Java.

That is a very wide range of technologies you have listed. Depending on what you currently know, and how dedicated you are it will take quite some time to come proficient in one of them. I'm going to assume you have little to no prior programming experience. First attach the core concepts of programming using either Java or PHP (I would select Java, but PHP fan boys will disagree with me). Your best option is a class at your local college. Free: The tutorials on java.sun.com are rather good, and Thinking In Java is a free download. Not free: I hear nothing but good things about Head First Java. Next I'd learn about automation, version control and unit testing. Then I'd move on to databases. While SQL (the language used to query databases) is almost-kind-of standard, select one and run with it. Web design would be HTML, CSS and JavaScript. When you have the basics of programming down picking up the basics of this three is simple. Then learn on demand as you come across problems. Finally "development" – I'm going to take this as an extra item, and pull it about a bit. To become more than just a code monkey you need to know a lot of stuff (unit testing, design patterns, best practices, requirements gathering and the list goes on and on). But don't worry about this just yet. Learn the basics above. This will be a long journey, and IMO a hard one to undertake on your own. If you can go on a course so you can study with other people.