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darkside

Feb 19th, 2008 5:57 PM

Hi everyone this is my fist visit to your fine forum.
ill just cut to the chase with this one, since leaving college 3 weeks ago i have found an abundance of spare time so i thought i would turn my hand at programming,

i do know some basic VB and basic HTML but i am looking for something use full and fun to learn any ideas or recommendations on a language

OpenLoop

Feb 19th, 2008 6:03 PM

Re: Hi

Welcome to PFO. You'll rarely see useful and fun in the same sentence when talking about programming. But from my experience, Python is a good choice.

darkside

Feb 19th, 2008 6:37 PM

Re: Hi

well i find to truly learn something you have to enjoy doing what ever it is you are trying to learn.

mackenga

Feb 21st, 2008 11:01 AM

Re: Hi

I haven't tried my hand at Python yet but from very early preliminary skimming of material on the subject online it does look like a good choice for an introduction to programming (amongst other things).

Obviously it's early days yet for you but if you'd consider programming professionally in the future Java's a good choice these days too. Have fun!

Canis Major

Feb 25th, 2008 8:35 PM

Re: Hi

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkside (Post 141239)

well i find to truly learn something you have to enjoy doing what ever it is you are trying to learn.

Yes. That's how I got along with C++. When just starting things, it is good to start with a language you might find easy to learn. Because the idea there is not only to learn the language, but also to learn programming concepts which would be quite similar to other languages. Have fun, and good luck! :D

mrynit

Feb 25th, 2008 8:39 PM

Re: Hi

if you want to do real world dev go with C# and/or java. But python should be good.

BstrucT

Feb 26th, 2008 1:09 AM

Re: Hi

Welcome!

C# is a very good choice, that is, if you would like to design for the windows platform.

It's true what you said, they say if a photographer is genuinely interisted in photography he will take good photos, I think the same goes for everything else, especially programming.

Enjoy

tierro

Feb 26th, 2008 2:20 AM

Re: Hi

Hey there,

I think a programming language is also a little bit personal, you should try them all and see what suits you best.

Good luck learning language X :D

darkside

Feb 26th, 2008 6:08 AM

Re: Hi

thank you all for your advice i think ill have a look at c and maybe some java thankyou once again

mrynit

Feb 26th, 2008 7:07 AM

Re: Hi

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkside (Post 141581)

thank you all for your advice i think ill have a look at c and maybe some java thankyou once again

Well C and Java are two (very) different paradigms.

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