New programmer, want new objective

[matwoodson]

Hey all!

So as the title says, I'm a new programmer(15 years old), mainly using Python and Java. I would like some new objectives to do. I've heard around that C or html would be good languages to learn. Does anyone have any suggestions?

[Jckf]

HTML is a not a programming language, but a data format. What to learn depends on what you want to create. It's all about the correct tool for the job

[JohnKovac]

I personally love Java, but knowing HTML is never a bad thing to know. It will always come in handy when maybe making web embedded stuff

[EliasNM]

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HTML is a markup language not a programming language, if you want to learn another language I would learn Ruby. Also depends what are your interests, but code to learn not learn to code as someone once said.

[EliasNM]

I personally love Java, but knowing HTML is never a bad thing to know. It will always come in handy when maybe making web embedded stuff

HTML is not a programming language, hope you aren't getting it mixed up.

[JohnKovac]

HTML is not a programming language, hope you aren't getting it mixed up.

I know, but it is still good to know.

[Decon]

C++, C# is amazing for projects as a lot of proprietary languages stem from it  

[JohnKovac]

PHP is also pretty good to know. 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Last semester I took an Introduction to Computer Programming course which focused on C Programming and it is extremely straight forward after you've written a few sets of code. Would recommend for beginners. I've started with Python as well and it didn't take long to get the hang of the syntax.

[matwoodson]

Last semester I took an Introduction to Computer Programming course which focused on C Programming and it is extremely straight forward after you've written a few sets of code. Would recommend for beginners. I've started with Python as well and it didn't take long to get the hang of the syntax.

What mainly can you use c for?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

What mainly can you use c for?

 

I basically used C for Searching (Linear Search, Binary Search, etc.), Sorting (Binary Sort, Selection Sort, etc.), displaying images, calculating running times, Linked Lists (create, search, sort, insert/ delete specified nodes), Binary Trees and a whole bunch of other stuff that I can't recall off the top of my head. ​

[ego_sum_ignavus]

Last semester I took an Introduction to Computer Programming course which focused on C Programming and it is extremely straight forward after you've written a few sets of code. Would recommend for beginners. I've started with Python as well and it didn't take long to get the hang of the syntax.

 

check out cs50x on edx, if thats what you were refering to?

 

https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x

[matwoodson]

I want something that would be practical, so I think I'll try and learn C, does anyone have any suggestions on the program to use to write and compile?

[matwoodson]

And also what are some things to start on that are useful and simpler?

[Jckf]

You'll find better motivation in trying to make something you yourself find interesting, instead of asking others what to do

[matwoodson]

You'll find better motivation in trying to make something you yourself find interesting, instead of asking others what to do

Alright I'll look around, do you have a suggestion for a writer and compiler?

[EpicAdom]

Alright I'll look around, do you have a suggestion for a writer and compiler?

Depends upon what language you're using. Are you referring to C?

[matwoodson]

Depends upon what language you're using. Are you referring to C?

Yes

[EpicAdom]

Yes

I don't program in C but you can take a look here for compilers.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

check out cs50x on edx, if thats what you were refering to?

 

https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x

 

This actually: http://www.sfu.ca/outlines.html?2015/summer/cmpt/125/d100

[georgestanley]

The answer to this question really has to be framed in a context of what you want to achieve in learning a new programming language. Is it a purely academic exercise, do you want to learn the language to contribute to a particular cause / project, or are you hoping to learn a skill that you might use later in the workplace?

 

I work as a Software Developer and unfortunately there is an annoying inverse correlation between how "cool" a language or technology is and how commonly it's actually used in industry e.g. Ruby on Rails or Node.js ... both cool as hell with really innovative design patterns. but unlikely to be found as part of an implementation in a large company.

 

C should definitely be on the curriculum for budding programmers though. It's often overlooked nowadays in favour of higher level languages like C++ or Java but most of those higher level languages are at least partially based on C ... not just the syntax or design patterns but the actual libraries e.g. Java where the runtime and a good percentage of the internal libraries are written in C.

 

For inspiration or good challenges to practice with try previous Google Code Jam challenges. They are generally written to be open to any language and there are lots of clever little problems that will give you a chance to learn the language along the way.

[madknight3]

Hey all!

So as the title says, I'm a new programmer(15 years old), mainly using Python and Java. I would like some new objectives to do. I've heard around that C or html would be good languages to learn. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

You also have the option of spending more time improving your skills with what you already know rather than adding a third language to the mix. You claim you're a new programmer so you might benefit more from building some non-trivial projects with the languages you already know. There are also plenty of language agnostic topics you can cover like

• Debugging
• Version Control
• Databases
• Data Structures and Algorithms
• Automated testing
• Design patterns
• etc

[matwoodson]

You also have the option of spending more time improving your skills with what you already know rather than adding a third language to the mix. You claim you're a new programmer so you might benefit more from building some non-trivial projects with the languages you already know. There are also plenty of language agnostic topics you can cover like

• Debugging
• Version Control
• Databases
• Data Structures and Algorithms
• Automated testing
• Design patterns
• etc

I know but I wanted to move away from Python since python isn't a practiculary practical language to use. And Java I really didn't use to its fullest extent, so I wanted to move to a new language rather than just messing around in Python and Java.

[fizzlesticks]

I know but I wanted to move away from Python since python isn't a practiculary practical language to use.

What makes you think that?

[madknight3]

I know but I wanted to move away from Python since python isn't a practiculary practical language to use. 

 

I'm not sure what you're using to define a "practical language" but there are many people using Python professionally. You can do a lot with it.