Programming Languages

aSc1@3 · 05-05-2008, 11:38 PM

Thought this would be the best place to post this, what do you all think is the easiest programming language for newbies to learn? trying to help one of my teachers.Thanks for any help.

eye-Q · 05-06-2008, 02:12 AM

starting programming using VB.Net could be a very good idea!

Emperor_nero · 05-06-2008, 06:51 AM

Hmm... An interesting question.

I learned Microsoft Visual Basic 6 first, and then Java.

I think the Visual Basic is a good starting point and you don't have to worry about the GUI and the graphics you can get right into the logic of it.

But on the other hand I think Java is pretty straight forward.

So try one and see what works well for you, pretty soon I'm going to learn C\C++ which is another common language.

What exactly do you want to accomplish?

shenry · 05-06-2008, 07:40 AM

You might not even consider it to be a programming language but batch is incredibly easy. It's just a DOS command next line DOS command next line eg... Here's something I whipped up in a couple of moments.

Code:

@echo off
cls
echo Don't press a key.
pause
shutdown -s -t 30 -c "Owned!"
cls
echo What did I tell you?
echo 1) Don't press a key,
echo 2) Don't press a key.
echo 3) Don't  press a key.
echo 4) Don't  press a key,
echo.
echo Now type in the corresponding number to live
set /p answer=

cls
if '%answer%'=='5' goto win
echo Turns out you failed. :O
goto end
:win
echo Turns out you won!
shutdown -a
:end
cls
echo bye

Just copy that into a txt file and save it as .bat

Warning
Don't run it because I haven't looked through it and the part that is most likely to have bugs in it is the part that stops your PC from shutting down.

Run it at your own risk!

aSc1@3 · 05-06-2008, 07:07 PM

thanks, i'll see about DOS and VB.

tlarkin · 05-06-2008, 07:10 PM

VB
Java
HTML
PHP
Shell
Python
Ruby
Perl
C+
Cocoa
xcode

Those are probably some of the most popular, on a side note, there is a difference between scripting and programming and the above example is more of a "scripting" example. Even though it is all programming.

firsttimebuilder · 05-06-2008, 07:18 PM

i started off with C and I am happy i did,
there is a whole wealth of languages that branch off of it

tlarkin · 05-06-2008, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by firsttimebuilder

i started off with C and I am happy i did,
there is a whole wealth of languages that branch off of it

Yeah you can get a C compiler for just about any OS out there.

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aSc1@3 Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 362	Programming Languages Thought this would be the best place to post this, what do you all think is the easiest programming language for newbies to learn? trying to help one of my teachers.Thanks for any help. __________________ MSI PM8M-V--Celeron 478 2.5ghz OCed to 3.0ghz Stock HSF--2X 512mb DDR 400 Ram DVD Burner--200gb HDD ElitePc Case--Allied 300watt PSU Onboard Graphics--XP Pro SP2 Looky, Looky, Clicky, Clicky!

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Emperor_nero Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 2,301	Hmm... An interesting question. I learned Microsoft Visual Basic 6 first, and then Java. I think the Visual Basic is a good starting point and you don't have to worry about the GUI and the graphics you can get right into the logic of it. But on the other hand I think Java is pretty straight forward. So try one and see what works well for you, pretty soon I'm going to learn C\C++ which is another common language. What exactly do you want to accomplish? __________________ I play Rugby, and no its not like it's sissy cousin with the pads. Last edited by Emperor_nero; 05-06-2008 at 06:54 AM.

05-06-2008, 07:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
aSc1@3 Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 362	thanks, i'll see about DOS and VB. __________________ MSI PM8M-V--Celeron 478 2.5ghz OCed to 3.0ghz Stock HSF--2X 512mb DDR 400 Ram DVD Burner--200gb HDD ElitePc Case--Allied 300watt PSU Onboard Graphics--XP Pro SP2 Looky, Looky, Clicky, Clicky!

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firsttimebuilder Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Canadian Summer Posts: 1,259	i started off with C and I am happy i did, there is a whole wealth of languages that branch off of it __________________ FTB pm me for any questions on sub ambient cooling Q6600 X1950XT P5K DLX 2GB Muskin 5-4-5-12 ddr2 1066 Free Website Hosting!

05-06-2008, 07:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 5,953	VB Java HTML PHP Shell Python Ruby Perl C+ Cocoa xcode Those are probably some of the most popular, on a side note, there is a difference between scripting and programming and the above example is more of a "scripting" example. Even though it is all programming.

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