I am starting to learn Netsuite, since that is required for our New project. I am completely new to it. Currently I am working on PHP.
As suggested by my manager I created the developer account on it. But I have no Idea about It. So if someone can spare to answer my below questions than I will be very greatful.
Thanks in advance. Glad
Welcome to Netsuite family !!
You may want to explore some basic about Netsuite. I would recommend to explore the NS help center as you gotten with a DEV account. Start with simple things and then move on to advance i.e APIs and integration level.
Responding to your quires :
(1) Do i need to learn JavaScript for that?
As you have mentioned you're coding ground is PHP, I guess you already have minimum expose to javascript and some functional programming. You dont need to be an expert to startup with. If you're completely noob to coding then you may want to explore some baics here to start with javascript.
(2) Is here any other technology that will be needed ?
I would say it much depends on your business needs. Netsuite supports both Rest & SOAP based access. For Rest access you need to know javascript as the API's are completely build upon on Suitescripts (NS dependent javascript) and for SOAP based access you can use either JAVA,.NET or PHP.
(3) Are there any free webresources that can give me the insight on this?
The very obvious place is the NS help center where you can explore more in details.You also may request for a membership in NS user group here.
(4) How long will it take to learn netsuite once My javascript is done?
Netsuite is not only limited to javascript or any specific programming. There are alot of things you need to lean apart from javascript. Remeber Learning never exhausts the mind !! ;)
Cheers!
Happy Learning.. :)