Which programming language should I start with?

Question

I'm currently a prepharmacy student but I'm considering switching majors and transferring to a different school. I'm considering Information Science and Technology or Computer Science. Before I make the switch, I want to learn the basics of programming. The only programming class that I took in highschool was Visual Basic.

Which language should I start with?
Any programs that I need to download to get started with it?

Answer 1

start with C. I started out with java last sem and it was hard to make a switch to C this sem. there are similarities but much more differences between them. The uses of C are numerous and you'll definitely have fun learning it.

Answer 2

If you are going to try and teach yourself, I would recommend autoit or python. That is because they are very easy to learn and can help you to pick up on the basic concepts of programming quite easily. I am self-taught and I started with autoit (for windows only however; if you use another operating system start with python). I would also say that autoit is more well-documented than most languages. Otherwise, if you want to just take a course to decide whether you would be interested in a major in computer science, I would recommend starting with C++ or C. Or just computer science.



Edit: The only programs you would want would be an IDE for the programming language you decide to use. An IDE is an Integrated Development Environment, and it would generally come with syntax highlighting, debugging capabilities, and many more useful features.

Answer 3

there's no undemanding answer. the situation (certainly one of them) is that C or, say, tcl are somewhat speedy to %. up as languages, besides the undeniable fact that it takes an remarkable quantity of code to do something stunning. the article orientated Languages (C, C++, C#, Python ...) are usually plenty extra effective and could make fairly significant classes with advantageous consumer interfaces, all from not that plenty code. maximum programmers might consistently use an merchandise orientated Language for all however the least complicated of classes. however the downside is that there is fairly a huge preliminary overhead of assets you could desire to comprehend earlier you could rather get moving into any respect. And that stuff would look distinctly precis in case you have not achieved any programming yet.

Answer 4

Java is a good place to start. It's more approachable than C/C++, and many universities teach it.



To use it, you need the JRE (which you may already have) and the JDK. Both can be acquired on the official Java site and have straightforward installation.

Answer 5

i suggest u to start with the basic concept of C first before starting anything,,

Answer 6

I'll be radical, and recommend lisp. If you were to learn how to use emacs (it has a version of lisp inside it) and emacs-org-mode, and then start hacking the org mode code, you'd find it's pretty much in lisp.