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| Thread ID: 112987 | 2010-09-30 03:51:00 | New to programming. | Tortilla (15986) | Press F1 |
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| 1140612 | 2010-09-30 03:51:00 | I am 15 and interested in programming and am not sure what language to use. I have messed around a little with basic but I want to try out something more professional. Apparently C/C++ can be difficult as a first language but I want to learn C++ at some stage. If there are some good books or websites or general advice that would be helpful. Thanks Tortilla. |
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| 1140613 | 2010-09-30 04:03:00 | It depends on what you want to code. As always it comes down to, Java vs C# or C# vs PHP. So, C#'s portability and usability for the win. |
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| 1140614 | 2010-09-30 04:30:00 | Never used C#, but it is similar to Java. I started out learning Java. | utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 1140615 | 2010-09-30 05:47:00 | I would highly recommend: msdn.microsoft.com They have some excellent tutorials, videos, workshops and exercises on C# and Visual Basic. C# is quite easy to learn, so my vote is for that. In terms of career opportunities, C# and Java are also quite widely used in industry - I work for an IT company in Wellington and the vast majority of the developers I know, either at my company or working at other firms, are developing Java or C# applications for their clients (this is particularly true of professional services firms - some of my friends work for smaller companies and they use PHP, RoR, Python, and a range of other less commonly used languages). C# and Java are very similar, so if you learn one, you can pick up the other extremely quickly - I've used a bit of both in the last 5 years or so. |
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