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What's the best programming language to learn first

Vikram Aditya — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:25:49 +0000

There is no right answer, of course. Choosing a first language will depend on what kind of projects you want to work on, who you want to work for, or how easy you want it to be. Hopefully, this guide will help give you a better idea of which one you should pursue.

Python

Python is always recommended if you’re looking for an easy and even fun programming language to learn first. Rather than having to jump into strict syntax rules, Python reads like English and is simple to understand for someone who’s new to programming. This allows you to obtain a basic knowledge of coding practices without having to obsess over smaller details that are often important in other languages.

Python also is ideal for web development, graphic user interfaces (GUIs), and software development. In fact, it was used to build Instagram, YouTube, and Spotify, so it’s clearly in demand among employers in addition to having a faster onboarding.

Though it has it’s advantages, Python is often thought of as a slow language that requires more testing and is not as practical for developing mobile apps as other languages.

C ( its C# written but dev.to makes it C idk why )

While C is one of the more difficult languages to learn, it’s still an excellent first language pick up because almost all programming languages are implemented in it. This means that once you learn C, it’ll be simple to learn more languages like C++ and C#.

Because C is more “machine-level”, learning it is great for teaching you how a computer functions. Software Developer Joel Spolsky compares it to understanding basic anatomy before becoming a medical doctor, making it the best way to code efficiently.

In this way, C is an exceptional choice to become a master coder and a talented developer from the get-go if you’re willing to take on the challenge.

Java

Java is an object-oriented and feature-heavy programming language that’s in high demand. It’s been built under the premise of “Write once, run anywhere,” meaning that it can be written on any device and work cross-platform.

This makes it one of the most desired (yes, we mean high-paid) language skills. So, if you’re looking to learn a language that’s going to get you a great career, this might be the one, especially since top employers for Java programmers including Ebay, Amazon, and IBM.

Additionally, Java is often used for Android and iOS app development, as it’s the basis of the Android operating system, which makes it one of the best choices if you want to build mobile apps.

While it may not be as easy to pick up as Python, Java is a high-level language, and so it’s still relatively beginner-friendly. However, it has a slow startup and will take beginners much longer to deploy their first project.

JavaScript

JavaScript is another incredibly popular language. Many websites that you use every day rely on JavaScript including Twitter, Gmail, Spotify, Facebook, and Instagram according to General Assembly.

Additionally, it’s a must-have when adding interactivity to websites because it communicates with HTML and CSS. This makes it essential for front-end development and consumer-facing websites while becoming increasingly important in back-end development and growing in demand all the time. Because of its popularity, JavaScript is also the leading the charge in test automation frameworks, being the backbone of frameworks like Protractor and Nightwatch.JS.

There’s nothing to install with JavaScript since it’s already built into browsers, so it’s the easiest language to get started with in terms of set-up. The con here is that this means it’s interpreted differently across browsers (you’ll need to do some extra cross-browser testing) and may have deficiencies in responsive design compared to server-side scripts.

Again, while it’s not the most difficult to learn, it certainly isn’t as easy as Python. If Javascript does seem difficult at first, try out this Javascript tutorial that’s so easy a cat could do it.

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Ruby

Ruby is similar to Python in that it’s one of the easiest languages for people with no prior programming experience to read. You don’t need to know a ton of commands or programming vocabulary to learn it, and it has a multitude of libraries and tools that come in handy.

A big reason people like Ruby is because of the awesome full-stack framework, Ruby on Rails, which is becoming increasingly popular among startups and enterprise solutions. Airbnb, Groupon, Hulu, and Soundcloud are just a few of the websites that were built with Ruby on Rails, and Ruby has quite the active developer community today.

The reason it’s so popular for small businesses, however, is often one of the many criticisms against it. Ruby can have the challenge of scalability across a large system and may have a hard time with performance on larger websites. Additionally, while Ruby is certainly easy to learn, you’ll find most of the opportunities come from learning Ruby on Rails, which may slow down your learning curve if you were just expecting to take the easy way out to create a website.

So, What’s the Best Programming Language to Learn?

If you’re looking for something easy: Python
If you want a solid foundation to make you a master developer: C
If you’re looking for a job or want to make mobile apps: Java
If you want to try front-end development: Javascript
If you’re programming for your startup’s website: Ruby

BTW I started with JavaScript also I have heard some people telling that you should not start with a language starting with C because its hard to learn as per you are just started.

How to learn to code FAST!

Vikram Aditya — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 20:39:25 +0000

Hello my gorgeous friends on the internet, hope you are doing very good, and fancy today, in today's blog, I want to give you the number one tip, that's not a dirty joke, Okay, I'm gonna give you the number one tip that I follow to become a better developer and increase our skills.

So lets just get in the blog,

The number one tip is to create project and stumped you in tutorials. That's the number one tip that you should follow. Whenever you're learning anything development related, whether that be Python, or JavaScript, or development or game development or whatever. That's the number one tip is not to follow tutorials as much as you might think. And to actually start building out the things that you want. And again, this is like so obvious that you might everybody might be like, yeah, mobile, obviously, you want this for building out your tanks. But it's actually a very fine line here. And a lot of people fall into this trap. And you never really realize that, wait, I actually done more tutorials. And I've done projects. And this happened to me a bunch of times, and it's still hard habit to break.

If you don't actually put that thing that you learned to the test. Well, it's not going to work out, right. And school, that's probably one of the biggest problems is that you learn everything in memory, you do the test, you get the good score, and then you never use it again. And you're gonna forget. So the number one tip is, again, I'm not saying that don't do tutorials, because tutorials are a great resource to get the basics down. But I'm saying don't fall into that rabbit hole of just doing tutorials because you feel like you're not good enough to start your own project. So my philosophy has always been to start from the basics, just learn from the beginning and just get a good grasp of how that technology works. And how you can put together something super simple. And after that, like literally have to concentrate and take deep breaths, yoga breaths, and be like, Okay, I'm done with the tutorial. That's it.

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So yeah that's all I got for today, yup its my first blog and pretty small but hope you liked it and learned something :D

DEV Community: Vikram Aditya

What's the best programming language to learn first

Python

C ( its C# written but dev.to makes it C idk why )

Java

JavaScript

I have a Instagram Theme Page related to programming, you can follow it if you want to :)

Ruby

So, What’s the Best Programming Language to Learn?

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How to learn to code FAST!

I have a Instagram Theme Page related to programming, you can follow it if you want to :)