Need help

[IHirs]

I want to learn how to code and i was wondering which language do you think is the most useful?

[Electronics Wizardy]

sparc assembly

 

 

 

 

 

what do you want to do?

[IHirs]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

sparc assembly

 

 

 

 

 

what do you want to do?

probably create video games or usefull applications

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, IHirs said:

probably create video games or usefull applications

language doen't really matter, just lean to code, you can switch easily.

 

 

Meh start with c++, argue with me guys.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

language doen't really matter, just lean to code, you can switch easily.

 

 

Meh start with c++, argue with me guys.

Pascal? python? c? java? visual basic? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Pascal? python? c? java? visual basic? 

Python is a good scripting langue, learn it.

 

Pascal, meh no

 

C, why not C++ or objective C.

 

Java, Learn it

 

not a huge windows guy so no visual basic here.

[ARikozuM]

2 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Meh start with c++, argue with me guys.

Batch programming is best...

[Nuluvius]

3 hours ago, IHirs said:

probably create video games

That's a very long and highly competitive road that yields limited financial rewards unless you (think you) are something special or are particularly driven towards this end.

3 hours ago, IHirs said:

or usefull applications

Well it would be rather strange if you were aspiring to create useless applications now wouldn't it... Since the general purpose of an application is to provide a solution to some kind of problem.

[Gachr]

C# - you can create desktop apps, natively on Windows, and on all 3 major mobile platforms with Xamarin. Also, it's the language that Unity3D uses for scripting, but it has even more to offer.

[AthrunZ]

Some may disagree with me here, but I would also urge you not to think that you absolutely have to use a "modern" language. As an engineer at a company with some very large datasets, I still occasionally write programs in Fortran, because it's fast. Do I suggest starting with it? Probably not... these day's you can't make "fun" applications out of Fortran as easily as you can with say, Python. And you probably don't have a processor so slow python will chew it up.

 

I personally find Python the easiest to program in, but I'm not sure if that's because I have previous experience in programming, or it's actually the easiest for me. I find it's syntax to be very simple and intuitive, and the most "human readable", though I suppose a lot of people would argue that point.

 

Java is a great one if you want to have skills that will get you hired at many larger companies - though it differs by company, many large companies depend on Java - mine included - and seek primarily Java developers who have skills in other languages second (like Fortran). Plus you don't have to worry about your code not porting to other operating systems... simple things like sending terminal based commands will break if you port a python script from windows to Linux.