[clue] Budding SW Engineers

[M Paul Webb]

I've always heard that it is best to begin with some form of C. You don't think so? I don't know program language, but the basics do not look difficult. However, what I'm wondering is -- if I invest some time to learn a language, then what can I do with it? If there were something fun or practical, I might look at some books.


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 From: Raymond DeRoo <rderoo at deroo.net>
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Cc: Max G. Allen <mgallen at thegeek.nu>; David T. Willson <dtwillson at thegeek.nu> 
Sent: Monday, May 7, 2012 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [clue] Budding SW Engineers
 

David:


I can't count the number of times I've been asked, "What is the best programming language? Which one should I learn first?"
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>Learn them all, but start with Python, because it's easy, fun, and highly capable out-of-the box.
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And one of few where indentation matters. :)


Next, if you want to get further away from the OS, go Java. If you want to get closer to the OS, go bash.
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I think Java or C, bash isn't a programming language and is further from the OS than Java. ( even taking into account the JVM )


And enough JavaScript and perl to get by on.
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I would have to say the JavaScript is an absolute must unless that have no desire to write Internet related code. So many technologies today are making use of javascript ( node.js, mongodb, html5, etc ) that anyone not learning JavaScript today is doing themselves a huge disservice.

Cheers,
Raymond
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