Programming Beginners

[tomislavpuric]

Hello people, im all new to the programming sector of computing and i am taking alot of interest in it. I was wondering which application i should start programming (absolute beginner), whether it's turbo pascal, java, visual basic or any other programs. Also if you do say which one is best to start on, are there any tutorials i need to follow? I also want to know which is the best way to learn how to program using script, because all applications use a different language and way its set out.

I first started using game maker (i found it easy because of the symbols i got to drag, mainly because there was no script involved) and make a game dodgeball (very simple, 2D) and was satisfied with my progress. Then i moved to visual basic, and found this a bit harder because not only was there drag and drop but also script, and i was abit unfamlilar with the language used. And this confused me a bit. I've been reading some tutorials for it and it doesn't help me much. Is it best to learn the language first?

I have most of the general knowledge on how to install features, run applications, use them, computer parts and how to build a computer.

So basically i was wondering if i could get any pro advice for a newbie starting to program.

thanks.

[rodkun]

you should start with C programming language. Most languages are based on C. So other languages out there will have a lot of similarities with C like C++, PHP, Java, C# and even VB.

[tomislavpuric]

ahk thx, so just stick to the applications that use the same language
sweet, yeah so it wont confuse me.

[rodkun]

yes. you can also use other languages other than those. you'll see in the long run that all of them have similarities because all or most of them uses functions, methods, variables, data types. They just differ in syntax and rules. happy coding.