Which programming language should i learn?

I am a beginner programmer who does not know any programming languages. I only know about the basics of programming.





What language should i learn, considering i'm a beginner and please state some resources that will help me (e.g. the name of a book (my library is not too good), a website). I would rather learn a language that does not require HUGE downloads for the environment/compiler/anything to learn it.





I do not mind if the language is not popular (hence businesses will not use it) but the environment it runs in must be able to be run on Windows.

Which programming language should i learn?
I would have to say





qbasic to start www.qbasic.com also if u have a old windows 98 disk you can find it located on the disk under old ms tools or somthing





goto www.msdn.com and register as a developer you can download microsofts visual basic express edition for FREE as well as their c and c++ bur i recomend you start with visual basic for windows programming its very very easy





Another easy one is delphi goto www.borland.com hope this helps if you need any help email me at erussellcfi@gmail.com
Reply:yeah you should start off with assembly.... its pretty straight forward....
Reply:if you really want to learn programming start with C, C++, becayse language of the interner is c
Reply:at the present day c# and .net is a good programing language, as per me your should go with this
Reply:HTML is really easy however it web design. If you are looking for something to get you started off I think maybe HTML is good.
Reply:Start from C Language then C++ after good in these 2 things Choose the platform .Net or J2EE





if .Net learn C# otherwise learn J2EE
Reply:I will advice you Java. Becauase Java is the most happening language in today's Market and You must have heard about EAI (Enterprise Aopplication Integration) Tools which is mostly used to integrate the application , EAI is grwong in market like anything . But EAI Toold are mostly based on Java.


see TIBCo The most leading vendor's Product has been developed in java. If you know a small java. yiou can Learn TIBCO.


Similarly Seebeyond (EAI TOOL), It is also in JAVA.


IBM WebSphere (EAI Tool) is in Java


and If you want to learn java download IBM Rational Application Developer, which is GUI Front end for Java. It is the most easiset way to learn and underatnd. Serach for Red Books of IBM Rational Application Developer. yopu will get complete tutorials.
Reply:C# .Net This is the new language in programing. this allows you to create a program that can interacts with older programs created from older languages like C++. this prevents rewriting the whole code of the application.
Reply:I really recommend Python or Ruby. They are both very good languages, used commercially, are expanding and very active, and my reason for recommendation: are high level languages. They provide a very high level of abstraction along with useful libraries. You can pick up the languages much faster than you would other languages. In addition, you can get started on real-life, useful projects much quicker. I program in Python, although Ruby is suitable as well.





They are good programming languages for both beginners as well as professional and experienced programmers. It's a worthwhile investment.





I recommend you stay away from C and C++ for a beginner. They are worth learning eventually, but they can be sinkholes for beginners. I have not heard a single experienced C/C++ programmer easily recommend those languages. They are *hard* and complex. If you think it's easy, clearly you do not know the traps behind C-strings, arrays and pointers, memory management, etc, and are not experienced enough to propose them. That is not to say they should be avoided, but I do not recommend them for beginners.
Reply:Hi:





I have visual basic, cobol, basic, C++, db languages, and Java experience. I would go for Java because it is very similar to some of the c++, and it's free. Hope this helps, and have fun with it.
Reply:a good language to start with is visual basic