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Which programming language should I learn to make this? Thanks

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If you just want to try out graphics programming you could begin with JavaScript and focus on the canvas element of HTML5. It is a lot of fun.

Also check out the demo scene on the web, there are some people doing absolutely cool stuff.

maybe i should use Javascript like you said because i want to do graphics

You want to prototype with processing then use open frameworks or libcinder for the final project.

can you explain more? sorry i dont know these terms

http://www.processing.org

http://www.openframeworks.cc

http://libcinder.org

Or have a look at my recent submission:

ThreeAudio.js it allows you to access the HTML5 Web Audio API

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6067369

wow i feel dumb. this looks complicated

Why is your username in green?

Is your program for the desktop, the web, mobile, tv or all?

The name is green, because the account is still new. After some days this changes.

I plan to make it for desktop

I'd recommend learning C++ using Qt and Processingjs.

whats Qt and processingjs?

Oh I think R http://www.r-project.org/ would be more suitable for you, because learning C++, esp. Qt isn't easy. R can be learned by everyday business people, so you can surely do that quite fast too.

Qt is an awesome C++ Framework that comes with full-blown IDE (Integrated Development Environment) not just a simple Editor and works across all platforms.

Processing is a Visual Programming Language: you find it here: http://Processing.org and here for the web http://Processingjs.org

You could also use a a dynamic and programmable charting library like D3 http://d3js.org/ but that would be more useable for the Web or a Desktop that Shows a Single page only or your own Browser in Kiosk-Mode (Fullscreen).

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