[wplug] Best programming language for beginner?

[terry mcintyre]

I am a big fan of Python. 
 
Terry McIntyre <terrymcintyre at yahoo.com>


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> From: Mark Rauterkus <Mark at Rauterkus.com>
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>Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 12:08 PM
>Subject: Re: [wplug] Best programming language for beginner?
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>On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Greg Akins <angrygreg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think Ruby is a great choice, but Python would be my second.
>>
>> Either is good for beginning because of the environment.  Using a console
>> makes it easier than having to deal with the JVM and write/compile/run
>> sequence.  There are some good online programming tools where you can just
>> write ruby in a browser and run immediately
>>
>> Checkout tryruby.com  Not sure of a similar tool for Python.
>>
>> Greg Akins
>> http://twitter.com/akinsgre
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:36 AM, <Justin at js-wordsmith.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I consider myself very knowledgeable about many aspects of using a
>> > computer, but programming, sadly, is not one of them. I took Java in
>> > college, but I wasn't very good at it.
>> >
>> > I seem to keep running into situations where I wish I could code, either
>> to
>> > edit existing programs or create something new. I'd really, really like
>> to
>> > give programming another try. What would you recommend for a beginner who
>> > wants to learn something simple - simpler than Java, I mean - yet usable?
>> > Search results seem to suggest either Python or Ruby.
>> >
>> > Justin Smith
>> > Vice chair/secretary, WPLUG Board of Directors
>> > http://www.wplug.com
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