Best Language for Beginner

[VoyexTech]

I an looking to start programing but I would like to know the best Language to start with. 

 

(I will eventually want to mod games)

[ChevbeeHD]

python i learnt it in school as my first programming language and its super easy to work with

[Bgordy2013]

Depends on the game that you want to mod. Figure out what language is needed to mod it and learn that. The first language I learned was Java followed by Python. That's because they were the only classes available at my school however.

[VoyexTech]

Just now, ChevbeeHD said:

python i learnt it in school as my first programming language and its super easy to work with

Ok what can I do with python just for example

[daniellearmouth]

Which one looks easy enough to learn?

 

............Go with that one, then.

[ReesZRB]

Python, Java then you master the C languages

[VoyexTech]

2 minutes ago, Bgordy2013 said:

Depends on the game that you want to mod. Figure out what language is needed to mod it and learn that. The first language I learned was Java followed by Python. That's because they were the only classes available at my school however.

Ok I might be trying to mod minecraft first 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, VoyexTech said:

Ok what can I do with python just for example

Pretty much anything to some extent.

You can make games with pygame, it has a gui library called tkinter, you can do web development with django or flask.

[Bgordy2013]

I believe that minecraft mods are written in Java. First language I ever learned, plenty of forums and help out there for beginners both on Java and on Minecraft specific Java.

[Benergy]

4 minutes ago, VoyexTech said:

I an looking to start programing but I would like to know the best Language to start with. 

 

(I will eventually want to mod games)

Java is usually the first object oriented language people try out.

Look up basic programming excercises online e.g. printing fibonacci sequence

[martward]

I have used several languages, I think Python is the best balance between accessible and usefull. You can do a lot with it, like object oriented programming (so it's a good start if you want to learn Java later on). There are also a lot of packages available for it.

[VoyexTech]

5 minutes ago, ReesZRB said:

Python, Java then you master the C languages

How long would it take me to learn python?

[martward]

Just now, VoyexTech said:

How long would it take me to learn python?

Depends on what you want to do

[ReesZRB]

Python is fairly easy. This depends on your learning skills. You can learn python at http://codeacademy.com for free.

[VoyexTech]

2 minutes ago, martward said:

Depends on what you want to do

I want to Learn Javascript but I think i should try python to get a better understanding of how to use Javascript 

 

Is Javascript harder to Learn than C because I was working on learning C as my first language and I understood the basics

[martward]

Just now, VoyexTech said:

I want to Learn Javascript but I think i should try python to get a better understanding of how to use Javascript 

I mean like, what you want to do with Python. The basics are very simple and can be learned in a day or 2. If you want to build complete information retrieval or computer vision systems it'll take you way more time since you will have to figure out all kinds of packages, multithreaded programming and optimalization with respect to computing time and memory efficiency. If you are going to use it as a gateway into other programming languages, I'd say one day for the basics and one or two for object oriented programming (rough estimation).

[VoyexTech]

2 minutes ago, martward said:

I mean like, what you want to do with Python. The basics are very simple and can be learned in a day or 2. If you want to build complete information retrieval or computer vision systems it'll take you way more time since you will have to figure out all kinds of packages, multithreaded programming and optimalization with respect to computing time and memory efficiency. If you are going to use it as a gateway into other programming languages, I'd say one day for the basics and one or two for object oriented programming (rough estimation).

Ok thanks

[martward]

Just now, VoyexTech said:

Ok thanks

Good luck!

[Gachr]

Python is the easiest language for a beginner, but I'll disagree when people say that it's >best< for beginners. I think that it's better to learn a difficult language first, since doing anything will bring more satisfaction with a more difficult language. My first language was C++, so later learning Python and other languages was a breeze.

This is "hello world" in Python:

print("hello world")

And for a comparison, this is the same thing in C++:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
  cout << "hello world" << endl;
  return 0;
}

43 minutes ago, VoyexTech said:

I want to Learn Javascript but I think i should try python to get a better understanding of how to use Javascript 

 

Is Javascript harder to Learn than C because I was working on learning C as my first language and I understood the basics

Remember that Java =/= Javascript.

Python has NOTHING in common with Javascript, so it won't help you much. JavaScript is a fine language and my primary one, you can ask me anything about it

[Blade of Grass]

4 hours ago, Gachr said:

Python is the easiest language for a beginner, but I'll disagree when people say that it's >best< for beginners. I think that it's better to learn a difficult language first, since doing anything will bring more satisfaction with a more difficult language. My first language was C++, so later learning Python and other languages was a breeze.

This is "hello world" in Python:

print("hello world")

And for a comparison, this is the same thing in C++:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
  cout << "hello world" << endl;
  return 0;
}

Remember that Java =/= Javascript.

Python has NOTHING in common with Javascript, so it won't help you much. JavaScript is a fine language and my primary one, you can ask me anything about it

I disagree. Choosing a hard language as your first will require you to spend so much of your time dealing with the tiny idioms and particularities that come with complicated languages while detracting from what you're really trying to accomplish - learning to program. Also, from my experience, beginners are also usually intimidated/annoyed by the complex syntax required by these languages, which leads them to quit earlier on (not to say you cannot start with one of these languages, but from what I've seen more people burn out from them).

[Nineshadow]

7 hours ago, VoyexTech said:

Ok what can I do with python just for example

Well...everything honestly. That's why people use it.

 

Of course , you can't write an operating system in it and drivers but I assume that wasn't your point.