1st Programming Language

[r3nd3r3d]

What's a good 1st programming language to start off with to get into programming?

 

[poorestguy]

hated programming all through varsity..the most easiest one to understand was probably C.took me a while to get into the swing of things tho

 

[LandyMan]

I would have to say BASIC ... as it is VERY basic

For future use, I would say C#

 

[Dlamaqhinga]

VB, it was easiest for me, but loved Java and C#

 

[rorz0r]

hated programming all through varsity..the most easiest one to understand was probably C.took me a while to get into the swing of things tho

Lol. No wonder you hated programming if C was the easiest language

I would recommend C# to a beginner programmer.

 

[S1ght]

VB .NET or Delphi are good starter languages.

 

[LandyMan]

Delphi is still being used in schools if I am not mistaken, but I can't recall when last I saw a Delphi developed app

 

[stricken]

Go with Web tech... javascript for client side and PHP/Perl or Python server side.

The future is the Web, and writing native apps (esp for PC's) will become less of a priority.

Yet, something as hardware agnostic as Java is always worth it.

Thus, i would suggest javascript (nothing to do with Java), Java, and PHP to get started. (PHP because its very widely used, and has a similar syntax to many traditional languages like C++)


And I didnt mention anything Micro$oft because they suck nuts.

 

[deepdiver]

Easiest to start with would be a .net language.
c# I think is the nicest and best documented with loads of dev houses wanting .net skills.
Java is awesome but difficult for starters.
Delphi is cool but aged.

 

[irshaad]

HTML!
on a serious note.. C# good one to start with as there's unlimited resources out there to help skill up

 

[iamgigglz]

C# is nice and flexible, but VB.net somehow feels more rewarding for the noob.

 

[Zyraz]

I started with Turbo Pascal and HTML ...yep loooooooooooong time ago and pretty useless now, i know.
Then moved to delphi as a start.

Teach yourself Assembly ... very easy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_language

 

[froot]

I started programming back at school with Java. Easy to learn, in my experience.
I've mastered the majority of programming languages out there but if I had to start again, it would be either Java or C#.

 

[dequadin]

python

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[encrypted]

If you just want money, but not fun or self respect.. Java or .NET

If you really want to learn things, start with C then learn more.

 

[Avenue]

python

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yeah I started out with Delphi and VB and thought that those were about as user friendly as they could get until I started to learn Python.

Not sure how much demand there is for it though

 

[SLAQ]

I did Delphi at school. Total waste of time, drag and drop GUI and you think you can code? At Uni I started with C, switched to C++ and finally Java. Now we going back to the good old days with Assembler! Of the languages I'm proficient in I'd advise starting with Java. JVM makes things easier, no need to do "complex" compiler configuration. Most IDEs are more Java friendly in comparison with C++/C. The internet is also spammed with Java tutorials, Google has answer to most of your Java questions.

 

[bazzathetwit]

Go the Java route. Not that difficult to learn.

 

[stevenv]

If you just want money, but not fun or self respect.. Java or .NET

So you're saying that Java and .NET developers have neither fun nor self-respect? But they do have money? Hmmmm ...

 

[Lounger]

Download the new Java version 7 when it comes out in a week or so.

Use the Eclipse IDE and not NetBeans.

Get a good book.