Advice from programmers to assist in learning.

[Rising-Phoenix]

I would like to know what programming language would be better to start learning. I hear that C and C++ are powerful languages but both are somewhat different somehow. Which one is better to start on?

[_dracus_]

If you have to start by one of thoses two language, go for C it's the basis.

[Miraculix]

Start with procedural programming, C. Object Oriented programming (C++) imo has to come after you learn some of the basics. So yeah, go for C.

[Eli2]

On PC C#.
or Qt and C++.

On Microcontroller go for C

[magnet]

None.

Start with Python or Ocaml. If you insist on C/C++, start with C.

Originally Posted by Eli2

On PC C#.
or Qt and C++.

On Microcontroller go for C

Java rather than C#. At least the language isn't patent encumbered (or rather, not the same way).
I would advise any new programmer to stay away from GUI toolkits until they understand the basics, so Qt is a definite no-go.

And seriously, what new programmer starts with microcontroller/ROM programming nowadays? It's more an electronics hobbyist thingy.

[ArcticWolf]

Originally Posted by magnet

None.

Start with Python or Ocaml. If you insist on C/C++, start with C.



Java rather than C#. At least the language isn't patent encumbered (or rather, not the same way).
I would advise any new programmer to stay away from GUI toolkits until they understand the basics, so Qt is a definite no-go.

And seriously, what new programmer starts with microcontroller/ROM programming nowadays? It's more an electronics hobbyist thingy.

I started with PIC microcontrollers when I was a kid because a teacher (now a professor in an university) used them in class. Now I'm into Java, PHP, some Python and SQL (it may not be a programming language per se, but still...).

PS: I hate gui's. My PHP code results are displayed plain text or gif images. I recently tried to use some CSS, which is nice and useful, but I suck at gui developing.

PPS: I'm just a beginner.

[Eli2]

Originally Posted by magnet

I would advise any new programmer to stay away from GUI toolkits until they understand the basics, so Qt is a definite no-go.

Qt is by far not only a GUI toolkit O_o

[Comp]

Originally Posted by Rising-Phoenix

I would like to know what programming language would be better to start learning. I hear that C and C++ are powerful languages but both are somewhat different somehow. Which one is better to start on?

In my opinion you'll want to learn C first as a stepping stone.

[ArcticWolf]

Originally Posted by Solarus

In my opinion you'll want to learn C first as a stepping stone.

I'd go for C++ if I could start over again, but that's just a matter of taste.

[Hellman2]

I think it depends somehow what you want to do later on.
If you start with C you may learn some basics but totally miss the object oriented thinking.
But it will be easier to learn in the beginning.

C++ (never learned it) is using the structures of C and a lot more that is object oriented.

But I personally would restart again with Java.

If you learned one or two programming languages, its normally very easy to understand others and program in them - thats because the syntax may vary but the programming concepts are somehow the same.

And as Magnet said... stay away from GUI Toolkits in the beginning. At least dont use them for GUI design until you understand the mechanisms behind it and what the tool is generating for you.