What programming language to start with?

[Matias_Chambers]

I want to get into programming. Any suggestions for languages to start with? Oh and am I right about that there are different languages? 

[LeapFrogMasterRace]

The most recommended language to start out with is Python and yes there are many languages, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Java, C

[madknight3]

14 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Oh and am I right about that there are different languages? 

Yeah, there are a few out there.

[RedWulf]

I suggest python 3(3.5). About as simple as they come, very flexible, and great to learn concepts and make scripts without as much syntax and labor as java.

[ServerGuy]

Just now, RedWulf said:

I suggest python 3(3.5). About as simple as they come, very flexible, and great to learn concepts and make scripts without as much syntax and labor as java.

I can also vouch for Python. My computing class used it since we didn't have very much experience with coding and we picked it up easily. Keywords are also highlighted, which I found extremely useful, especially for quickly troubleshooting issues.

[Beskamir]

15 minutes ago, ServerGuy said:

I can also vouch for Python. My computing class used it since we didn't have very much experience with coding and we picked it up easily. Keywords are also highlighted, which I found extremely useful, especially for quickly troubleshooting issues.

Keywords are highlighted based on the text editor you're using.

 

As for the OP. I also recommend Python. It's a good learning language which can be used for actual projects.

[ServerGuy]

10 minutes ago, ElfFriend said:

Keywords are highlighted based on the text editor you're using.

Perhaps I should've elaborated in my earlier post. We used IDLE (bundled with the Windows installation from what I remember), which is the Python GUI and is what was recommended in the beginner's guide we used (cannot remember the source).

 

EDIT: I found the document: it's "An Introduction to Python" by Mark Clarkson (V2), however places like codecademy seem to go into detail (possibly more so than the guide).

[Beskamir]

2 hours ago, ServerGuy said:

Perhaps I should've elaborated in my earlier post. We used IDLE (bundled with the Windows installation from what I remember), which is the Python GUI and is what was recommended in the beginner's guide we used (cannot remember the source).

 

EDIT: I found the document: it's "An Introduction to Python" by Mark Clarkson (V2), however places like codecademy seem to go into detail (possibly more so than the guide).

Notepad++ is all you need and syntax highlighting can be configured to whatever you want.

[12g28m]

Batch,Visual basic, python are all easy

[Dat Guy]

Start with C++, Common Lisp, Perl or Python (with C++ being the most interesting language for starters and Python the least interesting one).