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cesarrri12	18 Jan, 2008 - 08:34 PM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 18 Jan, 2008 Posts: 1	hey I just wanted to ask which programming language should I learn first
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Nayana	RE: New To Pogramming 19 Jan, 2008 - 04:12 AM Post #2
DIC Hawk - 나야나 नयन: Joined: 14 Nov, 2007 Posts: 824 Thanked: 5 times Dream Kudos: 175 My Contributions	That's a really good question. It really depends what you want to do first, I guess. If you want to program micro-chips then you should learn C. You should also learn assembler for that. If you are using Windows (which I assume you are) and you want to make a windows application, then the best thing to start of with would be (in my opinion) C#, C++ or Java. It would probably be easiest to go with C#. The C# Express Edition 2008 can be downloaded for free from the Microsoft website. If you want to start of with C++, you could use either C++ Express Edition 2008, or Bloodshed DevC++ (which is actually written in Delphi). For a short answer, I would say, start with C#, and learn C++ later. Someone else's opinion WILL differ.
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chili5	RE: New To Pogramming 29 Jan, 2008 - 04:15 PM Post #3
D.I.C Addict Joined: 28 Dec, 2007 Posts: 709 Thanked: 4 times My Contributions	I started with Visual Basic because it was easy to learn and then I slowly moved into c# and c++. But really it all depends on what you are wanting to make. I have software on my PC for several programming languages cause some make other things easier than others. Good luck
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MorphiusFaydal	RE: New To Pogramming 29 Jan, 2008 - 06:23 PM Post #4
D.I.C Lover Joined: 12 May, 2005 Posts: 1,113 Thanked: 9 times Expert In: Hardware, Networking My Contributions	C# is, imho, just as easy to learn as VB. And Microsoft is really pushing C#, so it's easy to find more up to date stuff. Or at least, that's what I've found.
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nirvanarupali	RE: New To Pogramming 29 Jan, 2008 - 07:08 PM Post #5
D.I.C Foot Joined: 1 Aug, 2007 Posts: 985 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 375 My Contributions	My first language is C++.
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Tom9729	RE: New To Pogramming 29 Jan, 2008 - 07:12 PM Post #6
Debian guru Joined: 30 Dec, 2007 Posts: 1,463 Thanked: 10 times Dream Kudos: 325 My Contributions	It honestly doesn't matter what language you learn. While I wouldn't recommend any of Microsoft's languages (what guarantee is there that C# will still be around in 5-6 years? why would you want to lock yourself into writing software that will pretty much only work on one platform?), as long as you learn how to program (and not just how to use one language) you should have little trouble moving on to new languages in the future.
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Nayana	RE: New To Pogramming 29 Jan, 2008 - 08:24 PM Post #7
DIC Hawk - 나야나 नयन: Joined: 14 Nov, 2007 Posts: 824 Thanked: 5 times Dream Kudos: 175 My Contributions	While there is no guarantee that C# will be around in the years to come, it is still a nice language to learn IMHO and has ECMA/ISO standards. These days I do most of my development for linux in C and C#. The .net code runs just fine in Mono on platforms such as Linux, Mac and Solaris. As Tom9729 said, once you learn a language you should have little problem transitioning to another language. My first language was Apple Basic, from where I moved on to Pascal and C with a smattering of QBasic.
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davegeek	RE: New To Pogramming 31 Jan, 2008 - 11:56 PM Post #8
D.I.C Head Joined: 30 Jan, 2008 Posts: 81 Thanked: 1 times My Contributions	Pals! We have to take into account why this guy wanna learn programming. If u are a developer, or u wanna be a developer, then u have gotta start with c or c#. If u are a tester, like me, then u better first understand the concepts of the OOP, then start with Pascal, VBA, scripting languages lile Perl, PHP, and then move to c#. Again, it depends on what u actually need. In our test team we have got a broad range of people that started with diff languages, again, with their own purposes. But the best cost-effective solution for u would be, I'd say, c# and OOP.
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Lalea	RE: New To Pogramming 5 Feb, 2008 - 10:34 PM Post #9
New D.I.C Head Joined: 1 Feb, 2008 Posts: 6	I think any new programmer should also have a look at the basic computer science of programming. Try a site like www.codingfornewbies.com. There is not a lot there but the basics are good.
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dubs07	RE: New To Pogramming 6 Feb, 2008 - 10:41 AM Post #10
D.I.C Head Joined: 3 Jan, 2008 Posts: 107 My Contributions	Id go for VB first (easy) as it uses the general language as C# and you would be on onto C# in no time
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WOLChad	RE: New To Pogramming 6 Feb, 2008 - 04:52 PM Post #11
New D.I.C Head Joined: 30 Jan, 2008 Posts: 11 My Contributions	C++ then C#, thats how I learned it and it seems easier.
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Nykc	RE: New To Pogramming 6 Feb, 2008 - 08:10 PM Post #12
sudo rm -R / Joined: 14 Sep, 2007 Posts: 4,170 Thanked: 17 times Dream Kudos: 275 My Contributions	Python is a really easy language to learn, and fun also.
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