[wplug] Best programming language for beginner?

Brian Makin merimus at gmail.com
Thu Feb 21 13:24:50 EST 2013


Second Ben Beige's point.
It depends on what you want to do.


On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Ben Beige <dariuscardren at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think this is dependent on your needs, what you want to be able to
> program, and how easy it is to find help for it. If you're looking just to
> learn fundamental stuff that could work as a gateway to multiple languages,
> or one platform to base all the work you plan on doing in. Also ease of
> learning may also be relative to the person learning it's mind set.  If you
> wanted to learn C/C++, you might was well start there. If you want a higher
> level language, Java/Ruby/python are also good choices. Its
> all dependent on what your ultimate goal is.
>
>
> Ben Beige
> dariuscardren at gmail.com
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:13 PM, terry mcintyre <terrymcintyre at yahoo.com
> >wrote:
>
> > 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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> > >Subject: Re: [wplug] Best programming language for beginner?
> > >
> > >Hi,
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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
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