Looking into beginning programming. What languages?

[Tonakai]

Hey guys,

I'm looking into learning to program (Yeah, another one of those threads unfortunately) and I'm curious if C and Python would be good ones to go into?

I'm mainly looking into doing this for basic homebrew purposes for the PSP. I understand that it's a long way off, as you obviously need to get to grips and learn the language fully on a PC before you can start applying it to the console but I'm wondering if, with these languages I'd be able to do the aforementioned, and possibly modify existing homebrew or whatever.

Also, would it be better to learn C first? I'm assuming that it'd make more sense to learn a compiled language prior to an interpreted one.

Anyway, cheers for your time.

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[SHA-1]

You should start out with C to get then fundamentals of programming the go do some Language to teach you OOP.

What I did after was go on to some scripting language (Perl) and now I'm learning assembly.
And it does not matter if the language is interpreted or compiled.

The reason so many people recommend C as a first language is because it properly teaches you how to program and how to think like a programmer and because more close to the computer then other languages it also teaches you how the computer memory works too (after all they do call C the "portable assembly language"). Plus C is not that hard to learn, you just need to get your head around. So in a nutshell go with C it's the best language out there.

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[Libertas]

I started with C but it was a college course. I didn't think I was even going to like but that I got in and haven't stopped learning. I find it exciting!

[Acid_Snake]

Assembly, C and Python

[Tonakai]

Hey guys, thanks for taking the time to respond.

I definitely like the look of C and will begin learning that soon, thanks.

You should start out with C to get then fundamentals of programming the go do some Language to teach you OOP.

Sorry, but what's OOP?


Also in regards to assembly. What's main usage of it? I had a quick look into it just now and I got a bunch of technojargon that I didn't quite understand, haha.

[garrei]

Hey guys, thanks for taking the time to respond.

I definitely like the look of C and will begin learning that soon, thanks.

You should start out with C to get then fundamentals of programming the go do some Language to teach you OOP.

Sorry, but what's OOP?


Also in regards to assembly. What's main usage of it? I had a quick look into it just now and I got a bunch of technojargon that I didn't quite understand, haha.

OOP = Object-Orientated Programming cbf explaining, plenty of tutorials, just google them, but yes use Acid_snakes suggestion, he's spot on.

[Different55]

If you don't actually want to do anything useful then you should definitely learn Piet.

[Tonakai]

Hey guys, thanks for taking the time to respond.

I definitely like the look of C and will begin learning that soon, thanks.

You should start out with C to get then fundamentals of programming the go do some Language to teach you OOP.

Sorry, but what's OOP?


Also in regards to assembly. What's main usage of it? I had a quick look into it just now and I got a bunch of technojargon that I didn't quite understand, haha.

OOP = Object-Orientated Programming cbf explaining, plenty of tutorials, just google them, but yes use Acid_snakes suggestion, he's spot on.

Thank you for explaining that. It was mentioned on a previous course I did (though we didn't go into detail, or even do any form of programming for that matter ), I just couldn't for the life of me fathom what the acronym meant.

If you don't actually want to do anything useful then you should definitely learn Piet.

I had no idea that was even a language until I read that. I've just looked into it though, and I found it rather amusing, though, as you said; completely useless.

Edit: Would it be worth the hassle of making a dualboot and installing Linux? (I have a copy of Ubuntu 12 that I've never got round to using)

Edit 2: Thanks for the input guys, I've looked into it a bit more and I'm going to start learning C, followed by Assembly (MIPS) then Pyhton.

[Acid_Snake]

Edit: Would it be worth the hassle of making a dualboot and installing Linux? (I have a copy of Ubuntu 12 that I've never got round to using)

I think it's worth the trouble

Edit 2: Thanks for the input guys, I've looked into it a bit more and I'm going to start learning C, followed by Assembly (MIPS) then Python.

excellent choice

[WifiGuy]

Python is one of the easiest languages to learn but if you want to learn the concepts first without remembering syntax and such as I was start with alice and then move on to python and then C.