How to get started with Programming?

Question

What are the essential tools to get started with programming? What languages such as C++ or Java are good to start with for beginners? What programs are good and ideal to commence the start of programming? What sources such as websites or books are good for teaching programming? How much mathematicskillsare really necessary for programming? What would be a good route to start with in collegeto aim towards developing programming skills suchas which classes?

Answer 1

Well, I'd say C++, that's the language that i started with. it's low level enough to get the feel of programming, if you are planning for a career in this field, and also it introduces the concepts of object oriented programming.

I wouldn't recommend java before c++, since you'll have to learn OOP before learning jave, which you'll be able to do with C++ anyways.

Try www.cprogramming.com and www.cplusplus.com for a couple of good tutorials on C++( you'll get C tutorials also in cprogramming.com)

Well, it's good to know a bit of basic maths, but it's more logic than maths that you need.

All the best... :-)

Answer 2

If you want to program for the web then start with the basics - HTML, JavaScript and CSS. After that, I think PHP and C# on .NET would be easiest for a beginner.



But the future is probably in programming for mobile devices. You can specialize in a particular operating system (Apple IOS, Android, Windows Mobile, etc). Each has its own requirements, so pick your platform and find out what you need to learn. For example, for Android you'll need to learn Java and XML,

Answer 3

I started with python, for a complete programming noob, it was an easy stepping stone



Then java, will be learning C soon.

Answer 4

learning PHP and HTML more important than C++. I recommend you to learn PHP and HTML first then learn C++ and Java...