Good starting language? - Developers

[QUOTE=TittySprinkle;41380504]I think HTML is a great starting language. It is fairly easy and you learn it pretty quick. I learned a lot by using codeacademy! But another good starting language I'd recommend is visual basic, the second word sums it up.[/QUOTE] No. Start with a C-based language like C# or Java. Most other programming languages are also C-based so you won't have too much trouble picking up another programming language.

[QUOTE=TittySprinkle;41380504]I think HTML is a great starting language. It is fairly easy and you learn it pretty quick. I learned a lot by using codeacademy! But another good starting language I'd recommend is visual basic, the second word sums it up.[/QUOTE] HTML is not a programming language.

LOL i read his post completely wrong

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[QUOTE=buster925;40774163]Thank you! Should I use XNA or start from scratch?[/QUOTE] Try unity3d

I started with Lua, Garry's Mod Lua in specific. It's especially good in my opinion because you instantly see results like 5-seconds-sweps, and since it's all open source you can learn from other people's code quite easily. I didn't even realize I was learning, either. It was fun. Plus, there are Lua frameworks like [url=http://love2d.org]LOVE[/url] where you can make cross-platform games pretty easily. Just check out some of the stuff [url]http://stabyourself.net[/url] has made. It's all open source too!

I started with Visual Basic then quickly moved to C# and Xna, after I knew that very well I learned Java, and I'm currently learning C++. I barely remember a THING about Visual Basic now, I'm not THAT multilingual :p

vb.NET/C#/ or Java but tbh i hate Java

[QUOTE=cra0kalo;41478862]vb.NET/C#/ or Java but tbh i hate Java[/QUOTE] Can I ask why? I only just started using Java after C++ and I must say that I love it

[QUOTE=Two-Bit;41478944]Can I ask why? I only just started using Java after C++ and I must say that I love it[/QUOTE] It's really bad compared to other managed languages. Not many features and it has quirks that make certain things very tedious. The standard library isn't that great either.

[QUOTE=Tamschi;41478966]It's really bad compared to other managed languages. Not many features and it has quirks that make certain things very tedious. The standard library isn't that great either.[/QUOTE] Yes that if you love Java you will love c# as well the syntax is nearly the same imo and Microsoft has some solid documentation on the functions .NET has to offer unlike the Oracle ones I have read.

C#, Before i start learning it i was a noob at lua and lua was so hard to understand for me, but after i learnt C# now i can do lua codes quickly, I can now understand the codes.

Lets say that I wanted to make a tetris clone in C#. What library do you recommend I use and what do you recommend I read/watch to learn?

[QUOTE=buster925;41545954]Lets say that I wanted to make a tetris clone in C#. What library do you recommend I use and what do you recommend I read/watch to learn?[/QUOTE] I'd probably say MonoGame because of the good things I've heard about it, but I don't know very much about it so let's wait until someone more knowledgeable about it comments and maybe recommends a resource.

It's good that you're making progress. I just started a course for a Certificate IV in Programming in which I am starting off with Java and will move onto C# after.

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Start off with something REALLY basic, it well help you alot to understand what programming is and how it works, then get more and more advanced as time builds. Thats how i stared off, these are the languages i started off with in order: 1. HTML + CSS 2. Batch 3. Lua 4. UnrealScript 5. C++ 6. C# 7. Java Im still learning most of them, but its really fun. I recommend you start of basic, and build your way up! :smile:

C#/Mono is good its similar C++' I don't recommend Java. Really you what to work your way up to C++. Java will not help you to do so. [editline]29th July 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Adam Davidson;41627522]Start off with something REALLY basic, it well help you alot to understand what programming is and how it works, then get more and more advanced as time builds. Thats how i stared off, these are the languages i started off with in order: 1. HTML + CSS 2. Batch 3. Lua 4. UnrealScript 5. C++ 6. C# 7. Java Im still learning most of them, but its really fun. I recommend you start of basic, and build your way up! :smile:[/QUOTE] So you lean C# and Java after leaning C++. (ODD ?)