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ProgrammingFreak · 2010-09-27 14:05:39

I've been thinking about taking down another programming language. Which one do you think I should learn?

LS97 · 2010-09-27 14:11:38

If you exclude Squeak, take these in order (the more, the better). If you already know som of these, even better!

- Visual Basic
- C++
- HTML / PHP / other Markup Ls
- JavaScript
- Flash
- C
- asm (assembly)
- DOS (i'd forgot about this one - it's very easy to learn but not very useful)
- Any other i forgot

Last edited by LS97 (2010-09-27 14:12:07)

Sperry · 2010-09-27 14:14:28

LS97 wrote:
If you exclude Squeak, take these in order (the more, the better). If you already know som of these, even better!

- Visual Basic
- C++
- HTML / PHP / other Markup Ls
- JavaScript
- Flash
- C
- asm (assembly)
- DOS (i'd forgot about this one - it's very easy to learn but not very useful)
- Any other i forgot

I'd slightly re-arrange your list.

- C++ (Universal, wideley used, cross-platform unlike...)
- Visual Basic
- Java
- HTML
- PHP (Completely separate, but you need an understanding of HTML)
- JavaScript
- Flash
- C
- Assembly
- DOS

ProgrammingFreak · 2010-09-27 14:17:11

OK... what if I said what I know...

I know HTML, CSS, Small Basic(simple version of Visual Basic), Squeak!,

Sperry · 2010-09-27 14:25:46

Ok then, so how about:

- Visual Basic (Since you know Small Basic)
- C++
- Java
- PHP
- JavaScript

Thats my top 5.

Blade-Edge · 2010-09-27 14:30:29

I recommend stencyl

TheSuccessor · 2010-09-27 14:34:03

PHP, Python, JavaScript, Java, C++, Visual basic and SQL (not a complete programming language, but the main language for database communication).

nXIII · 2010-09-27 14:36:18

Learn JavaScript and Scheme/Lisp.

ProgrammingFreak · 2010-09-27 14:38:29

How many do you think is too many to take on at a time?

TheSuccessor · 2010-09-27 14:39:59

You can never learn too many programming languages.

kimmy123 · 2010-09-27 14:40:49

Blade-Edge wrote:
I recommend stencyl

Metoo

Sperry · 2010-09-27 14:41:24

Oh Yes, Stencyl

Stencyl is really great, and a nice game making tool, which I have. Really Recommended

ProgrammingFreak · 2010-09-27 14:52:25

Oh it looks cool! But it only has a beta? Sperry do you have it? dO YOU LIKE? Um also, if I was going to take two at the same time I would want a programming like Stencyl and then a program where I could create a programming language. Sperry, aren't you doing that with synthacode?

Sperry · 2010-09-27 15:05:44

ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Oh it looks cool! But it only has a beta? Sperry do you have it? dO YOU LIKE? Um also, if I was going to take two at the same time I would want a programming like Stencyl and then a program where I could create a programming language. Sperry, aren't you doing that with synthacode?

Yes to everything you said

S65 · 2010-09-27 15:23:06

Stencyl looks seriously cool but might not be applicable for too much outside of game dev. If all you want to do is develop games then go for it, though. Alternatively I'd also suggest Game Maker 8.0 (it's what I currently use).

If you want a general purpose language then I'd suggest Java, C/C++, Visual Basic (though many people in the programming community seem to look down on it), and the like.

ProgrammingFreak · 2010-09-27 15:26:45

OK I might use Game Maker 8.0.
Now what about a program that will program a program, such as SynthaCode is being made?

shawnhcorey · 2010-09-27 15:28:50

ProgrammingFreak wrote:
I've been thinking about taking down another programming language. Which one do you think I should learn?

It depends on what you want to do.

For general programming, I suggest one of the modern scripting languages: Perl, Python, Ruby.

For the web: HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, SQL, and one of Perl, Python, Ruby, or PHP. MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite are all free for download.

Compiled languages used in games: C++, C, C#, and Java.

S65 · 2010-09-27 15:31:13

ProgrammingFreak wrote:
OK I might use Game Maker 8.0.
Now what about a program that will program a program, such as SynthaCode is being made?

C/C++ would probably work best, given how you'll probably want to run the compiler from a command line and type the code in a separate IDE. Traditionally compilers are written in that/ASM (as far as I know, don't quote me on this).

Though that isn't even getting into other issues (such as whether you want it to be actually compiled or just interpreted, etc.)

ScratchReallyROCKS · 2010-09-27 15:44:34

I don't think anyone has mentioned BASIC... (not that it's useful, but it's fun!)

LS97 · 2010-09-28 13:32:03

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:
I don't think anyone has mentioned BASIC... (not that it's useful, but it's fun!)

visual basic is a variation of it made object-oriented (which is really ueful espacially for making your own language from it), so probably that's why. smile

LS97 · 2010-09-28 13:33:52

ProgrammingFreak wrote:
OK I might use Game Maker 8.0.
Now what about a program that will program a program, such as SynthaCode is being made?

a program that will make a program: anything which is object-oriented with objects that have their own action code which is cloneable too. in other words:

Squeak, VB, C and branches, maybe not so much asm (too complicated for that matter).

Daffy22 · 2010-09-28 13:37:22

I think DOS is good an easy and fun to script but if you want a more complex language try PHP you can learn as much or as little as you like and still make awsome scripts! big_smile

LS97 · 2010-09-28 13:40:59

Daffy22 wrote:
I think DOS is good an easy and fun to script but if you want a more complex language try PHP you can learn as much or as little as you like and still make awsome scripts!

yes, dos is very easy, but it only really has basic IF/ELSE, booleans, strings, text i/o, and integers (without forgetting the goto command, of course big_smile ). nothing else really - the rest all has to do with the system such as making a new directory and not useful for a complex game or even a simple program for maing programs.

archmage · 2010-09-28 13:51:10

Java is pretty good if you are thinking of becoming a professional. Not too hard to use and its one of the most used languages by professionals. Dr java is a good tool for writing java code for beginners.

Ruby is good too I think, although not as popular. This program guides you though the process of coding and it is aimed at kids http://hacketyhack.heroku.com/

Other kid friendly languages are Pascal and Turing which were created specifically for kids.

I have also heard good things about basic and python but I haven't use those languages personally.

awsomemaster · 2010-09-28 15:57:16

lol im viewing this webpage in a webbrowser i made in visual basic right now!

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