What programming language is Open source, also good for newbies?

Question

What programming language is Open source, also good for newbies?

Answer 1

Try FreeBASIC. http:\\www.freebasic.net\forum

That's a good place to start.



Print "Hello World."

sleep



It doesn't get much more newbie friendly than that.

Answer 2

java

Answer 3

Perhaps you need to figure out what your environment for development will be. You can learn any programming language you desire for free with a book, but you will need somewhere to run the code you develop.



So if you are looking for a language, be sure to look for one with a compiler that will work on your target computer. (Which sounds like it will be Linux.)



Heck you could learn simple programming by writing Java Script in an HTML page and then using an browser to display the results.

Answer 4

C is pretty straight forward and easy. i learned java first, then C, etc.

Answer 5

PHP is good for web apps



You can take a look at www.perkiset.org for some suggestions and sample code

Answer 6

I am not sure why you want an open source language, but Sun has released its codebase for Java. If you are just looking for a good programming language you can't go wrong with C++. For a good scripting language try Python or ruby.