Easy Program Language to Learn

george789 · 07-16-2007, 02:26 AM

I wanting to learn how to program and I was wondering if anybody knew of an easy program language to learn at first.

I'm going to self teach myself but I was wanting to know what would be the best program language to start on would be.

Any answers would be greatly appreciated

Protoplasm72 · 07-16-2007, 10:17 AM

Programming is more about the methodologies then the language itself. Most beginning programming classes use Java now. I stick to that because it's easy to find beginner books and examples that use Java as an example.

h20-ski · 07-16-2007, 11:21 AM

Agreed. Java does more for the user than C or C++ does, thus keeping you from making some of the common mistakes.

0dan0 · 09-11-2007, 06:50 AM

Java is the best popular first language and it isn't close. Enjoy learning, programming is a really amazing skill these days.

**k0NG0** · 09-11-2007, 07:11 AM

At the Uni, the first two languages we were tasked to learn to use were Lisp and Ada. Along the way we also used Java, C and C++.

Basically, find a language you enjoy programming in. If that's Java, C, Python, JavaScript, Perl, Lisp, Lua or whatever, it's a good base to stand on (programming paradigms often transcend languages). If you hate Java, don't continue to try to learn it. Try to find a language that has object orientation built into it, though, because it's pretty wide-spread these days.

Java is a good start, though. Lots of tutorials on it.

Acid8000 · 09-11-2007, 07:39 AM

I had to learn Python in high school and didn't find it too difficult. I don't do any programming at all now though so I've lost any coding skill I had. Lost interest, really.

The original poster's sig makes me think this is another cleverly disguised spammer.

zapionics<alt> · 09-11-2007, 07:50 AM

say, if i BUMP this thread can I get a commission?

Acid8000 · 09-11-2007, 07:54 AM

Whoa, didn't see it was so old.

**k0NG0** · 09-11-2007, 08:22 AM

Heh, didn't check the date either... Oopsie.

jaketerminate · 11-08-2007, 11:11 AM

Well it depends on what you want to do. I started with command prompt and batch files (which is really easy) then moved to Dark Basic Pro (a game programming language) and now im on visual basic. I recommend you start with visual basic and C++.

zsaz1029 · 11-08-2007, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acid8000

The original poster's sig makes me think this is another cleverly disguised spammer.

Agreed, and the links are clickable.

Interesting subject though. I was thinking of trying to teach myself a little. Maybe Java. Any good beginner book recommends?

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