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So, I had this computer programming class (Delphi) in school. The general goal of the class was to make sure we had some basic programming knowledge to help us collect or transform data for social science research.
While I liked Delphi, I would like to spend the summer learning/transitioning to a language that is more mainstream and web friendly.
I have two major goals that I would like to be able to accomplish with whatever language I pick. First, I want to be able to build data collection applications that I can host online, rather than locally (think surveys but more interactive).
Second, and I think any language with regular expressions would work, I want to be able to scrape web data.
So, would C# or JAVA be a smart choice for me? Anything else I should consider?
Thanks.
While I liked Delphi, I would like to spend the summer learning/transitioning to a language that is more mainstream and web friendly.
I have two major goals that I would like to be able to accomplish with whatever language I pick. First, I want to be able to build data collection applications that I can host online, rather than locally (think surveys but more interactive).
Second, and I think any language with regular expressions would work, I want to be able to scrape web data.
So, would C# or JAVA be a smart choice for me? Anything else I should consider?
Thanks.