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Which programming language should I learn first?

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Stopped reading after it said "c++ – The big one as it’s a Microsoft product."

That post is so wrong in so many ways...

You don't need an IDE to program in Java, and if you use an IDE you don't have to use Eclipse. It just happens to be convenient and powerful, but the best way to start learning any programming language is with any text editor and command line compiling. Command completion is not something you want to learn the syntax, it is something you want to make your life easier WHEN YOU KNOW the syntax. And Eclipse can be used for other programming languages besides Java.

C++ - You're right gharbad... Microsoft Product??? Bjarne Stroustrup must be screaming right now...

MYSQL... a PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE???? He mixes apples with dogs... SQL is a query language for relational databases, and MySQL is a database engine. I think he made up that SIDU stuff... as I always refer to those operations as CRUD.

I must quote this:

"VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Don’t be swayed by the latest and greatest glittering turd (ruby, python, node this or that). Stick to the established languages for now. They are proven, robust and in demand. WordPress and every serious business uses them so they obviously must be good." <-- No comments... jump off a cliff, 10.000.000.000 lemmings can't be wrong!!

It again mixes oranges with horses...

"Adobe Flash programming uses a very similar programming language to JQuery (its called ECMA script)" -> I guess he meant to say "JQuery is a Javascript library. Javascript complies with the ECMA standard, like Adobe ActionScript 3 aka AS3.

:) Love your comment about lemmings. We should all be programming in Cobol, shouldn't we?

Agreed, you were wiser than I was: I read it in full, I paste the comment I wrote there:

<<I see Stephen already made my point: Since when C++ is a Microsoft product? You're thinking about C#, I guess.

Also, HTML (unless you add CSS3) is not a programming language. MySQL is not a language, it is a tool. The language is SQL (again it is not technically a programming language, although I think it is Turing complete, but don't bet on it). Jquery is again not a language, but a framework over JavaScript, and ECMAScript is the proper name of Javascript. The "similar thing" that Adobe Flash has is ActionScript.

If you don't learn JS first, Jquery will make very little sense. And no, it is not really that close to Java. As for "Wordpress and the others using the old languages", seriously? I don't know exactly about Wordpress, but Python and Ruby are really big out there.

Cheers,

Ruben >>

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