Question:
A few questions about programming languages!?
1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
A few questions about programming languages!?
Six answers:
Aaren
2012-12-11 06:02:16 UTC
For Web Development - PHP is best. For android and ios- you should learn java and obejective c.
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2012-12-11 02:11:12 UTC
Assembly is the best language for web development
Neil
2012-12-10 20:29:28 UTC
For web development HTML or JAVA Script



Android I would learn JAVA



If you are a begginer I would learn something like BASIC to start off with.
2012-12-10 14:36:41 UTC
1. Web Development: FIRST You MUST learn HTML/CSS, and javascript (PHP, MySQL, too).



2. Applications: Android only supports Java games...iOS only supports Objective-C.
SaSoft
2012-12-10 14:19:37 UTC
How to become a good programmer

At ReliSource, many of the times I am involved in the hiring process and need to take several interviews per week/month. Over the last two years, I’m observing one unfortunate truth which is: Bangladesh is lacking enough skilled programmers. Some people have talked about this issue previously and I think it’s time to take some real steps to improve the situation so that we do not face a disaster in the near future.



I’m putting some suggestions here for the fresh graduates and the college freshmen on how to become a good programmer.



In my own definition, a fresh graduate good/skilled programmer should have the followings:



Strong skill of one or more good languages like C++, Java and C#.

Must have strong skills with control structures. Don’t mess up if you’re asked to print out triangle or other shaped piles of ‘x’s with loops.

Must have strong skills with recursion. You must know how to transform a looped task into a recursive one and vice versa, for example: multiplication using addition recursively.

If your language is C/C++, you must know how to play with pointers and references.

Understand pass by value and reference.

Clearly understand scopes and memory allocation, de-allocation. Know when a object is destroyed and when to destroy.

Know the usage of all operators including bit-wise ones.

In-depth knowledge of OOP.

Only being able to write classes and doing encapsulation and inheritance is not what you should call good OOP.

Clearly understand how function overloading, overriding, polymorphism works.

Clearly understand how constructor/destructor (if any) works with inheritance.

Clearly know the difference and use of Interfaces and Abstract classes.

Know how to overload operators. Why and how copy constructor is defined/used.

Know common data structures

At least know the common data structures like stack, queue, linked list, doubly linked list (know circular version of all of them) and trees.

Be a skilled implementer of any of those, have clear concept of how push, pop, add, delete, peek etc method works on those data structures.

Know most common algorithms well

You don’t need to memorize pseudo codes line by line but you need to have clear concept of most common algorithms of sorting(bubble, quick, merge, heap, bucket, etc), searching (including DFS, BFS), etc.

As a fresher you must know their time and space complexities, pitfalls and improvements (if any).

General computing concepts:

Know processes and threads, how are they related to each other, how to program them, etc.

Understand TCP/IP: Don’t think it’s only the network administrator’s task to understand TCP/IP. All programmers ever doing any network or web programming should have clear TCP/IP concepts and understanding.

Be skilled in debugging in IDEs:

Be skilled in any of Visual Studio/Visual Studio.Net, Eclipse, Netbeans, KDevelop, etc.

Know how to debug your code.

Have basic knowledge of Software Engineering and SDLC.



Some advice for college freshmen:



Start with C++ or Java, avoid starting with scripting languages:

If you’re learning programming for the first time, avoid starting with scripting or loosely typed languages like: PHP, ASP, Perl, etc or Visual Basic. It may destroy your understanding of program execution, data types, memory allocation, etc.

Start with C++ or Java. If you want to me to be specific, start with C++, you’ll love it for the rest of your life.. :) It’ll be easier for you to learn (almost) any other language (like: C#, PHP, ASP, etc).

If you ask, do you need to know C to start with C++? Or should you learn C first and then C++? C definitely helps a lot for learning C++ but it's not mandatory to start with C.

If you want to be a good programmer, keep on coding at least 20 hours a week for the next 4 years :).

Never stop learning new technologies that are coming out everyday.

Know some of the many languages/technologies but be master of one. Know at least one language very well.
green meklar
2012-12-11 11:15:19 UTC
For web development you start with HTML, CSS and Javascript (of these, only Javascript is an actual programming language, the other two are markup languages). Eventually you might also want to learn PHP, Actionscript 3, ASP, Ruby, or even C# or Java.



Android apps are usually written in Java. IOS apps are usually written in Objective-C. These two languages share some syntax and features, but generally are not compatible or interchangeable.



There are many other languages around as well. C and C++ are two that are used mostly for high-end programming on games, servers and consoles. Most operating systems and drivers are written in one of these languages, with a bit of Assembly thrown in. DLLs and high-performance games also often use these languages. Python and Lua are a couple of scripting languages that see some use on the Web and in games. Basic and its derivatives also show up in places, as do Lisp, COBOL, and the like.


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