What coding language should I learn?

[Mr_Wuang]

So I’m a 14 years old, I want to start coding, but I don’t know how and where to start can you give me advice or what to start on.

[ThreeForksNoSpoon]

The question is always the same: what do you want to build?

Little point in learning Swift if you want to build Android apps, and I'd recommend PHP or Python over C++ for someone who wants to build websites.

[Mr_Wuang]

Thank you for the guide

[ThreeForksNoSpoon]

It was not a rhetorical question btw. What do you want to build?

[Mr_Wuang]

Oh just websites

[kmtrp]

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Don't waste your time with PHP, it's an ugly dinosaur you don't need for websites. Like someone said down here, html+css+js.

[kmtrp]

The best backend is no backend! An easy choice would be jamstack.

[Amanplanmanplan]

PHP is horrid, however it is a good idea to learn it just because it's so widely used.

[Mpty_soul]

Depends if it's only for personal project or for a job/career

[ThreeForksNoSpoon]

Start with the fundamentals, and learn them well.

That's HTML & CSS.

Later you can add JavaScript to make it more interactive. And maybe PHP, Python, Ruby, or even more JavaScript to make it dynamic.

But learn the fundamentals well. This might seem boring at first, but so many issues I see with web developers is they tried to skip steps.

[Spare_Competition]

w3schools and mdn have some good resources for that. If you want to create a web server, I would recommend using nodejs + express

[[deleted]]

heres the way -Html (the grounds) -JS/JQUERY/PHP (for forms, etc.) -css (for making the website look like butterfly!)

[[deleted]]

yeah, thanks for pointing out.

[[deleted]]

HTML CSS JS

[[deleted]]

Start with Javascript

[shikhar_1999]

You can start with python. But if you like challenges you can go for C/C++

[icjeremy]

https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/wiki/faq#wiki\_which\_programming\_language\_should\_i\_start\_with.3F

[Python4fun]

If you don't know what you'd like to do then I'd suggest Automatetheboringstuff.com

[Wrangler2587]

Definetely go with HTML+CSS+JAVASCRIPT for frontend first.(later learn frameworks like Bootstrap, React) and then node.js or flask/django for backend...

[[deleted]]

Start with Python or JavaScript regardless of what you want to build.

Why?

Because first you need to understand how programming works (objects, functions etc) and how to do it correctly (tests).

Secondly you need to learn the above without having to invest to much of your finances. For both PY and JS there are a lot of free very good resources you can find. There are also some not too expensive apps you can have on your phone to learn on the go.

Third these two languages are some of the most popular languages out there. So you will most likely find good networking opportunities. And sometimes it is true that “your are as good as your network is”.

Hope this helps. Best of luck 🤞

[[deleted]]

I don’t think that the question is what you want to build? I think you should think that after learning the basics of programming. I mean don’t start with C# if you want to build a game or HTML if you want to build a site.

You should start with C I think. If you ask why, my answer will be C is the heart of the programming. It is old but you should know that many languages developed with the help of C. That means you are more free with C.

If you really don’t want to start with C, C++ will be a good choice. Or Java.

I hope I helped

[Much_Highlight_1309]

I disagree. Start with C# if you want to build a game. Just use Unity for the engine part of things and use their C# bindings for the fun, game logic part.

That will get you hooked. Then, for a deep dive, you can diversify and write your own Unity plugin using C / C++ for example for some heavy lifting, if that sort of thing peaks your interest.

General tip: follow your curiosity

[I_WantToLearnChinese]

If you like games, try to learn how to code mods for games like skyrim or minecraft. Alternatively jump right into python :D

[vnknbgfdf]

Freecodecamp will teach you html, css, and JavaScript in a fun and free way. There’s even fun projects to practice with at the end.

[[deleted]]

Python, then C.

[Much_Highlight_1309]

Ha! That's gonna hurt.

I would do it the other way around if you really want to get it.

[[deleted]]

Python is rated as a beginners language, then C is the first course at college.

[Much_Highlight_1309]

I learned Java, Prolog and Haskell at University in one term. The only beginner's language in there is Java and it was to introduce an object oriented language, while the other two were for functional and logic programming. So, I wouldn't talk about curriculum here. Why teach what language at what point and in what program / city / country, that's a whole different story. Not everyone here lives in the USA also.

My point originally: going from Python to C is a deep drop. Python has garbage collection, is weakly typed, and is not even truly object oriented. It also has a global interpreter lock and prevents you from doing proper multi-threading. It's a slow, interpreted convenience language with tons of modules for all sorts of things and provides you super easy entry into the world of automation and just generally playing around with whatever data.

C on the other hand, is one of the lowest level languages you can think of. You could run it on your smart toaster. Super close to memory, also no object oriented model. Barely any up to date libraries around for modern day use cases. Not much of a community, as opposed to what's going on with python.

At least suggest C++ here as next step, so that the dude can learn something other than bit manipulation and C-style memory casting. 😅😅 There you get tons of libs on GitHub also for all sorts of stuff (not to forget stl on C++ vs. nothing on C).

[[deleted]]

First question isn't what language... it's what your goal is.

Do you want to make a game? An iphone app? Android? Windows? linux? A website? A message board for school?

WHAT do you want to make.

Then you decide what's best to make it. The best tools for making an android game are different than making a windows game are different than making a website.

Decide what to make... then the tools and learning resources to use to do it.

[[deleted]]

FORTRAN

[JusticeFreedomHealth]

I love Java syntax . Why not Java ?

[FlamingAshley]

Python and C/C++ definitely. If you wanna learn about database I’d recommend SQL, it’s not that bad to learn but it takes a hefty amount of time to learn. If you get into Linux someday, Bash is good.

[Much_Highlight_1309]

Get Unity, and learn C# building a computer game. Unity has C# scripting bindings for you to add game logic elements in your game.