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SylentKiller

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I am starting school to become a computer software engineer. I was just wondering Pretending i know nothing. Where would be the best place to start learning.:)
 
I would start with html, once you master that look at javascript, and then move to "real" programming languages like java or C
 
It's easy to learn the languages, what you need to do is learn how programming logic works and Pascal is the language new students sometimes start on because it's way easy and teaches you how to think like a programmer. Once you have the logic down then you can go off and learn the more useful programming languages and apply it to them.
 
MayaLocke said:
I would start with html, once you master that look at javascript, and then move to "real" programming languages like java or C
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One thing to consider there is that Web Scripting can be VERY different to Application Development.

I would suggest starting with C# or Java and progressing from there. A lot of people (Including myself) start with Visual Basic, but I personally don't like VB as it is VERY different to other languages, where as C# / Java are basically the same syntactically, and from those you can progress easily into C or C++.

It's easy to learn the languages, what you need to do is learn how programming logic works and Pascal is the language new students sometimes start on because it's way easy and teaches you how to think like a programmer. Once you have the logic down then you can go off and learn the more useful programming languages and apply it to them.
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That's very true. Logic is everything. Most IDE's (i.e. Visual Studio 2005 and newer) assist you with your code whilst developing so it's not too difficult to learn the syntax.
 
I would learn C, since there is a lot of application to it, and every OS supports some sort of C language; C, C++, Objective C, and so forth. Then I would learn whatever it is you want to do.

Senior java programmers can make over 250k a year in the USA. However, if you hate Java then don't get into it.

I would also encourage you to learn BASH/Shell, ruby, python, and perl. These are scripting languages that use the same concepts of programming just maybe perhaps on a more basic level. They are great ways to learn how to program until you get into the bigger, lower level programming of the system and complex applications.
 
The first program language I learned was python. Very powerful language while also having easy to understand syntax.
 
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