I'm about a month into learning programming and since the last INBOX.EXE video I've been keen on learning the back end of web sites. I know a little bit of python now and would like a book or good online course on how the backend of a website is layered and whatnot.
thanks guys.
Try codecademy.com
They teach
-Web Fundamentals
-JavaScript
-jQuery
-PHP
-Python
-Ruby
The lessons are great and teach alot.
Don't forget that traditionally Apache servers have been used for many backend jobs. There are tons of options and modules that are very stable in Apache that are worth learning. I think the first thing to learn from Apache is how to enable PHP (mod_php) so you can develop web content. There are other modules for other languages as well but PHP comes standard with Linux.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2712825/what-is-mod-php
http://httpd.apache.org/modules/
http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-apache2-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-ubuntu-12.04-lts-lamp