im a beginner.....

couch potato · January 15th, 2003, 08:15 PM

i know C is really popular, and all those books tell you that C is the perfect language for beginners, but i want a person's advice. is C a good beginner's language? im a beginner. just wondering. i want to learn C, though.

J-Excel · January 15th, 2003, 08:16 PM

Yes. I'd say it's the best to start with.

joker_927 · January 15th, 2003, 08:18 PM

As a beginner, I would begin with A.

*I'll go slap myself now*

thekemp · January 15th, 2003, 08:20 PM

i started with java , i know i know ! but i wanted to start on a language that was object orientated my tutor at uni told me java is getting more and more popular as it is platform independant and all that malarky

ILC · January 15th, 2003, 08:23 PM

I learned/am still learning C++ first. Much easier than C in my opinion. It has become more used than C also. Java would be another good one - I can't write it, but i've heard it was slightly easier than C++.

ILC

vass0922 · January 15th, 2003, 08:35 PM

Do you get discouraged easily?
Java/C++/C are NOT easy languages to learn.

If you just want to dink around they're not really suggested... maybe VBS, Perl, Ruby or something to learn the basics.

If you seriously want to just jump in hte middle of the ocean with a 100 lb mason brick tied to ya.. go with C++

You'll learn or you'll drown

SpookyEddy · January 15th, 2003, 08:40 PM

At uni we were initially taught basic C, which I didn't mind, but that was followed by a horrible mix of C & C++. It really put me off the latter in a big way but its something I would like to go back & learn properly.

I work as a network admin so I usually end up coding dodgy scripts to automate tasks. As a result I tend to use Perl; it has a stack of modules available for easily adding functionailty, strong regexp support for text processing and the combination of being loosely typed & interpreted makes it ideal for the admin in a hurry. On the down side its really easy to write some horrible code (I should know) and some of the syntax is pure evil (OO functionality springs to mind).

At the moment I am playing around with Ruby just to get a feel for a language that was designed as OO from the ground up, seems quite nice so far. haskell & lisp are next on my list of things to take a closer look at.

However most the languages that have looked interesting to me are kind of off beat, so I suspect I really should take some time to atleast pick up the basics of C++ & Java, I just need to find some good books & some enthusiasm for them

Regards

eddy

thePh@r@oh · January 15th, 2003, 08:55 PM

the first thing i ever programed with was python theres a new Visual Python thats pretty cool.

couch potato · January 15th, 2003, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by thePh@r@oh
the first thing i ever programed with was python theres a new Visual Python thats pretty cool.

thanks. ill try paython for a while. but thankyou everyone

thronka · January 15th, 2003, 11:40 PM

CodeWArrior is great to program C++ and C+ apps with. It also supports Java RAD programming .