[General] Which language?

[NastyDee]

Hello,


I would like to start programming, I am very serious about this i kinda would like to make this my job later on, ofcourse step by step
Now I know a bit of PHP but what language would you recommend me?

PHP, Java or C + +?
Or perhaps another?

Thanks!

 

[onemorejosh]

C# - very very popular, easy to learn, easy to do rapid development, and in high demand especially with web development

...C++ if you're technical and have time to dedicate

PHP, meh... if you want to learn web stuff, learn C#, it's kind of a step up from the PHP that every 12 year old learns. PHP has no "real" use outside web scripts

C# will put you into the Microsoft realm. ...Which, despite what anti-microsoft nazi's will tell you, is a perfectly good place to be But if you have need for web development on unix systems, then C# won't help you.

 

[NastyDee]

C# - very very popular, easy to learn, easy to do rapid development, and in high demand especially with web development

...C++ if you're technical and have time to dedicate

PHP, meh... if you want to learn web stuff, learn C#, it's kind of a step up from the PHP that every 12 year old learns. PHP has no "real" use outside web scripts

C# will put you into the Microsoft realm. ...Which, despite what anti-microsoft nazi's will tell you, is a perfectly good place to be But if you have need for web development on unix systems, then C# won't help you.

wow i even didn't know C# also got used for making webpages?

Is C # similar to C + + ?

 

[onemorejosh]

Yeah, C# beats the pants off of PHP in terms of web development

C# and C++...similar? Sorta...but C# is 100x easier to learn and use.

 

[NastyDee]

hmm ok

 

[FrostElite]

hmm ok

 

[Popozow1012]

i heard C# is easy to start out and base everything off that basically

 

[onemorejosh]

PHP has been around longer than C#. PHP is widely used with Apache and other web servers, which have also been around longer than IIS. That's why PHP still has more market share than .NET languages (C# and VB), but it's on the decline in comparison.

C# is a relatively new language and has gained consistently in usage % since it was first introduced. IIS has also gained usage % since it was introduced

 

[NastyDee]

ok thanks guys..

Can someone show me a website thats made in C#

 

[onemorejosh]

Sure, I made www.coachsteve.com for example. Pretty much just threw it together, it's not too involved or anything.

I used Visual Web Designer (express version is free at www.microsoft.com/express) and host it on one of my servers. (along with a Gunz server for a kid hehe)

...PS: Ajax is one of the bestestest ever things You can make websites that refresh small portions of themselves without reloading the whole page, very easily. It's literally just a matter of dragging and dropping 2 controls onto your page.

 

[NastyDee]

ok thanks

 

[onemorejosh]

pas de probleme mon ami

 

[NastyDee]

hahaha why france? Cause i'm from belgium? I'm from the dutch part of belgium

 

[onemorejosh]

you seemed to have a french keyboard layout and you lived in belgium, so i assumed. SORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY!

 

[NastyDee]

h

 

[Intelext]

Ahh good old 'Which language to choose' topics.

You should choose whatever you want. Basically it depends on what do you want to program. My guess would be something like that:

Web programming:
PHP (Also you will need knowledge of CSS and HTML scripting languages)

Not so large applications:
C# (Very easy to learn, a lot of resources, requires .NET framework)
Delphi (Easy to learn, not many resources, does NOT require .NET framework)

Complex, fast applications:
C++ (Hard to learn, a lot of resources, does NOT require .NET framework, very fast)


The point here is that if you will be very good at one programming language learning another one will be easy because the logic behind every programming language is the same, only syntax changes.