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Which Programming Language is Best to Start with?

Discussion in 'Online Game Development' started by ogreman, Jul 7, 2015.

  1. Nefertazz

    Nefertazz Little Spike New Ogre

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    Start learning with C, then you can choose any other language
     
  2. Rex

    Rex Ogre Legend Ogre Veteran

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    I think either php or html (even tho this isn't really a programming language), those are the ones i initially started with.
     
  3. ugmsrocks09

    ugmsrocks09 Ogre Extraordinaire Ogre Warrior

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    Start off with C and go onto C++
     
  4. (Visual) Basic would be a great start for beginners to start with. C++ is more ideal when you already have a good understanding of how to program.
     
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    I started with C# before doing welcome message and calculator.
     
  6. LegendaryGriefer36

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  7. Still would recommend Visual Basic for beginners (I think you can find a free community version of it), but there definitely are fun ways to get into learning programming. Only problem is that the examples I'll recommend only teaches you to think logically, rather than actually typing up code, but I think these examples would be good mainly for kids, or maybe just for having fun:
    • LightBot (it's a puzzle video game based on programming logic, but not so much of a language)
    • Scratch (it's pretty much block coding where you drag blocks of logic to missing entries to formulate code, almost like a puzzle of its own)
    I kind of like Scratch, because you actually can expand it to other things. For instance, there's a program called S4A which is Scratch for Arduino (which would be nice for people interested in getting into robotics and engineering) and I think you could use Scratch to create functional applications for mobile devices too. I haven't looked much into Scratch, but it's growing more relevant in academia, mainly in K-12.
     

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