I can do everything I need to with PHP and MySQL, however I'm currently working on JSP, and planning to learn Ruby and Python.
If you want to learn object oriented thinking I would recommend Java or C++. Fortunately I was already proficient at C++ before I started web programming so I already had a fairly firm grasp of object oriented thinking.
As for learning programming languages, to my way of thinking the more languages you know the better, both from a job standpoint and from a flexibility standpoint.
Learning a C language (i.e. C/C++/Java) is great advice for increasing your programming knowledge. You'll learn how software works at almost it's lowest level. I wouldn't advise learning some architectures assembly language unless you really get C and want to really dig into low level programming. It's a great skill, but if you don't want your career to go that way there are better places to invest in your education.
OOP (as mentioned in the question) is a great thing to learn as well. Depending on if you have any experience with OOP I always point people to the book "Design Patterns" by Gamma et al. It changed the way I build software in so many positive ways I doubt I could even list them all.
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I can do everything I need to with PHP and MySQL, however I'm currently working on JSP, and planning to learn Ruby and Python.
If you want to learn object oriented thinking I would recommend Java or C++. Fortunately I was already proficient at C++ before I started web programming so I already had a fairly firm grasp of object oriented thinking.
As for learning programming languages, to my way of thinking the more languages you know the better, both from a job standpoint and from a flexibility standpoint.
Learning a C language (i.e. C/C++/Java) is great advice for increasing your programming knowledge. You'll learn how software works at almost it's lowest level. I wouldn't advise learning some architectures assembly language unless you really get C and want to really dig into low level programming. It's a great skill, but if you don't want your career to go that way there are better places to invest in your education.
OOP (as mentioned in the question) is a great thing to learn as well. Depending on if you have any experience with OOP I always point people to the book "Design Patterns" by Gamma et al. It changed the way I build software in so many positive ways I doubt I could even list them all.