Whats a good programming language for beginners?

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03-07-2010, 09:02 PM
Merro

Whats a good programming language for beginners?

I'm a newbie to programming. I'm getting a laptop soon and I was thinking about starting to learn a programming language. My math aint that great but I was wondering what could be a good programming language for beginners. And I was wondering if programming involved math too. Thanks. I need something that will help me with basics and something that will let me write my first program.
03-07-2010, 09:39 PM
ninja9578

Freebasic would be a good one to learn with. It's very intuitive, but also has more advanced techniques once you get a bit more into it
03-07-2010, 09:55 PM
khh

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Originally Posted by ninja9578

Freebasic would be a good one to learn with. It's very intuitive, but also has more advanced techniques once you get a bit more into it

I don't know, doesn't basic use a lot programing techniques that're not transferable to other languages? I'd think that something like java would be a better choice.
03-07-2010, 10:07 PM
ninja9578

So does java. Basic is more like a real programming language. Freebasic is object oriented but also prodecural oriented, like c++. Java has some techiques that makes bad programmers like orphan deltection and garbage collection
03-07-2010, 10:16 PM
Merro

Cool thanks guys. I have a old Javascript book and I'm sure that will help me out too. :)
03-07-2010, 11:20 PM
ninja9578

Javascript is not considered a programming language though, it's a scripting language. Be aware of that subtle, but important difference.
03-07-2010, 11:23 PM
Merro

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Originally Posted by ninja9578

Javascript is not considered a programming language though, it's a scripting language. Be aware of that subtle, but important difference.

Ok thanks. If you know anything else about the programming stuff please let me know. I appreciate the help.
03-07-2010, 11:29 PM
ninja9578

I know a lot about programming stuff ;)
03-07-2010, 11:31 PM
Merro

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Originally Posted by ninja9578

I know a lot about programming stuff ;)

Cool. What you get for going to school :P Going to College in a year so I hope to make it :D
03-09-2010, 08:16 AM
SomeDreamer

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My math aint that great but I was wondering what could be a good programming language for beginners

Well I kinda think it depends on what type of software you want to try and develope, or if you just really wanna get into the whole idea behind programming (what it's about, different programming concepts, etc etc). There's quite a lot of difference basic languages out there if that's the way you wanna start up.

I know quite a few that likes Python. Personally I've never used it, but I do know that it have got a great set of documentation, also for complete beginners. The syntax is also easy to read. The language is multi-paradigm, so you won't be forced into one mindset of programming right off the bat, but learning object oriented style can only be recommended.

http://www.python.org/

You can check out the documentation right on the side, including the beginners guide :)

Although Python do have a garbage collector, so ninja might not be too fund of it, hah!:P