Editor’s note: This is a Guest Post from Oyelaja Adebambo Oyekan, CEO of Cybernator Solutions. He is a software developer and is about to launch a social networking site called Benebo. The article is aimed at providing tips and advice on how wannabe software developers can choose the best programming languages. 

Last week I wrote about some tips on How to Choose the Best Programming Languages. Today, my goal is to provide several programming languages that you can choose to start with depending on your needs.

Now I will provide some language reviews for some popular languages out there. I’ve also covered some web languages. It should be noted that these are not actually programming languages. Some are scripting and some are called Markup languages. Also note that this is not a full review of these languages. You should do more research on a language that might interest you in order to find out more.

This is not a full list of languages! I tried to include many of the major languages but there are just so many that the list would just become too large and start to confuse beginners. For a larger list of languages check out this link.

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Whether you have launched your startup or you are planning to launch, you might want to put into consideration the location of your startup business. Why? Because you will have better chances to succeed in a location that is suitable for your online venture.

When I founded StartupsNigeria.com, I was living in a small town called Montreuil in France about 25 minutes from the center of Paris. Upon return to Nigeria, I had to decide where the ideal location for a startup company for startups should be. After much strategic thinking and planning (as I always do), I settled for Lagos for several reasons.

Like me, you may have launched your startup before moving to another city, it is critical to consider choosing a city that will provide your business better chances of succeeding. There are a few factors to consider when deciding in what city to create and build your startup business.

Here are top 5 factors to consider:

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Editor’s note: This is a Guest Post from Oyelaja Adebambo Oyekan, CEO of Cybernator Solutions. He is a software developer and is about to launch a social networking site called Benebo. The article is aimed at providing tips and advice on how wannabe software developers can choose the best programming languages.

Many times on forums and in chat rooms I hear the same question over and over. “What programming language should I learn?” The answer is different for every person out there that wants to pick up programming.

Here are tips to help people who would like to start programming pick out their first language. 

Set a Goal

First you must really sit down and think about what you want to accomplish when programming. Do you want to make cool web applications, or maybe a quick windows application to calculate the amount of paint needed for a room? How about creating video games or your own operating system. Maybe you want the option to try all these things, and if you want any of these things there is a programming language for you. You just need to figure out what your needs and wants are. Do some of your own research on some popular languages and find out what they offer.

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Editor’s note: This is a Guest Post from Oyelaja Adebambo Oyekan, CEO of Cybernator Solutions. The article is aimed at providing tips and advice on how to ensure your website security. If you are a student developer or a newbie developer, you will benefit from this article. The article is also useful to Nigerian companies and organizations that have websites (especially government and their agencies).

The issue of web services and its security flaws has been a long debated issue. Dating far back into the creation of the world wide web itself. This brings us to questions like:

• What is web security?
• Why web security?
• Are there ever secure websites?
• What are the steps towards web security?

What is web security?

There are a lot of definitions to this but I have been able to combine various ones and come out with my own definition for this: Web security is the constant monitoring of a web application or service. I see web security like I see normal day-to-day security. To perfectly secure a material you have to keep constant watch over it and this applies to web security.

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I’ve never been to silicon valley in San Francisco, California, but I’ve got friends and collegues up there and sure I get the heads up about happenings around the city that is home to some of the largest internet companies such as Google, Yahoo, eBay, AOL, etc.

Silicon Valley has been described as “a special habitat for innovation and entrepreneurship, consisting of dense, flexible networks and relationships among entrepreneurs, investors, university researchers, consultants, skilled employees… connecting people to ideas.”

Over the years, Silicon Valley has produced some of the best startups in the world such as Facebook, Youtube, etc This has moved a lot of Web-savvy people all around the world to keep an eye on the valley either for work, business or investments. In Africa, I’ve seen some interesting startups that I think could compete with some of those Silicon Valley-based startups. For example, Synthasite, a Web 2.0 Silicon Valley-based startup founded by South African Vinny Lingham that focuses on web publishing and designing, which recently recieved a $20 million funding.

Since the last two years, I’ve been watching the Nigerian startup scene, and I’m yet to see a great startup that could become a huge internet company, although I have to admit that there are some smart startups that got lots of potentials - if properly managed.

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