[DappaDan]

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Hey guys, I'm currently twisted up at the moment. I have so much free time just browsing the same sites over and over very freely, but in boredom. I've been wanting to look into coding/programming as a thing to do when I seem down, or when I'm bored. But I can't decide on which ;language to pick up on, they all seem very good and beneficial, and some of them seem really advanced.

So I'd like to ask your opinion. As a beginner, what language would you recommend I pick up on?

Thanks in advance.
~Dan

[josiahb]

FRENCH!

seriously though, with the massive variety of languages around which you start with is entirely up to you. I personally started with (and use currently) VB and VB.Net.

[AmitTheInfinity]

I started with C then C++ [I love them very much ]. Then studied many of them, like C#, java, jsp,asp,php etc. and when I got job, from 1st day till today I worked only in C,C++. That's what I call destiny.

[itdemo]

I would probably start off with Visual Basic. I don't fully know it but I know a good bit of it. It is nice and easy but when used correctly can be pretty powerful. But if I were you I would also look into web development as it can be handy. Lets say you make a really good program and you need a website. Ta-daa! Just make with your web development skills!

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[DappaDan]

josiahb, on 24 Jul, 2008 - 02:08 AM, said:

FRENCH!

seriously though, with the massive variety of languages around which you start with is entirely up to you. I personally started with (and use currently) VB and VB.Net.

Tried French.. It sucks! Nah, VB.Net, I downloaded the application from Microsoft to code in, and it doesn't work. So I left that.

AmitTheInfinity, on 24 Jul, 2008 - 02:17 AM, said:

I started with C then C++ [I love them very much ]. Then studied many of them, like C#, java, jsp,asp,php etc. and when I got job, from 1st day till today I worked only in C,C++. That's what I call destiny.

C and C++ I've looked at before. And I may look into C# again, because that's interesting.

Thanks for the replies
~Dan

[fountainoftruth]

The school I went to started with Java, so that might work. I went from C++ from there and might expand out more depending on free time.

In my humble opinion, Java.

[bflosabre91]

vb.net or c#. if your going to teach yourself and youve never programmed before i wouldnt try c or c++ right off the bat. if you are having problem getting vb.net to work, then theres no way c or c++ will work for you

[DappaDan]

I could do VB.Net and/or C#, but just the express editions are failing on me. "Failing to create Project".

Thanks for the replies.

[polymath]

I started with html and css then moved over into c++ with MVC++. They've always worked for me and I really like c++ in that it is simple but powerful (in my personal opinion, simpler than java because it doesn't need oop but can use it and more powerful because of it's ability to interface with the system and pointers though I like java for SWING once you get advanced). In short, they're all good, but it depends on what you are looking for in a language.

[Moonbat]

If this is your first programming language, I'd start with a web programming language like PHP (after you learn HTML, which is a piece of cake). After you get a feel for how programming works, I'd move into C++

[itdemo]

Moonbat, on 24 Jul, 2008 - 05:09 PM, said:

If this is your first programming language, I'd start with a web programming language like PHP (after you learn HTML, which is a piece of cake). After you get a feel for how programming works, I'd move into C++

Yes Moonbat has it. Do what he said

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[jacobjordan]

DappaDan, on 24 Jul, 2008 - 02:22 AM, said:

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Hey guys, I'm currently twisted up at the moment. I have so much free time just browsing the same sites over and over very freely, but in boredom. I've been wanting to look into coding/programming as a thing to do when I seem down, or when I'm bored. But I can't decide on which ;language to pick up on, they all seem very good and beneficial, and some of them seem really advanced.

So I'd like to ask your opinion. As a beginner, what language would you recommend I pick up on?

Thanks in advance.
~Dan

That sounds EXACTLY like my schedule was a week ago. Anyway, for a beginner, i recommend the same language i started with: Visual Basic or Visual Basic.NET. In fact, Basic stands for Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.

[Mikhail]

ANSI C was the first language I've actually started learning and programming in, I used to mess with VB and Visual Studio, But I switched myself to UNIX Oriented stuff With which I work and program in now Ansi C, C++,PERL,PHP, SHELL some AWK.

This is your own decision it is up to you if you want to program in Windows Environment learn JAVA,C#,VB.net? If you go UNIX you could do they same I did go with C or PERL I would start with PERL it is easier, and basically all languages have the same concepts such as Variables, arrays so if you start with an easier language you can move up the chain learning more harder languages!

Edit: Oh and HTML isn't considered a language.

This post has been edited by Mikhail: 24 July 2008 - 09:16 PM

[itdemo]

if html isn't considered a language then why does it stand for Hyper Text Markup Language

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[josiahb]

itdemo, on 25 Jul, 2008 - 06:04 AM, said:

if html isn't considered a language then why does it stand for Hyper Text Markup Language

ITDemo

Delusions of grandeur.