Easiest Program Language for Applications?

[metroidfreak]

Hey, I'm going to start working on my final senior project and I need to learn a programming language to make a application.

I have moderate C++ knowledge but nothing for actually visual outside ascii.

Would C# be the way to go? What if I eventually wanted to port it to say android phones or Apple computers?

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

I'd say C#/WPF or Java would be the easiest depending on the platform.

 

[Ken g6]

What kind of application? Something stand-alone, or a web application to be used from a browser?

If by Apple you mean iPhones and iPads, they live in their own little world of Objective C, except for web applications.

 

[metroidfreak]

It'll be stand alone. And I was meaning Apple desktop/laptop since I'm not going to pay to test out on IOS.

 

[douglasb]

I'd say C#/WPF or Java would be the easiest depending on the platform.

Just by reading the thread subject, I was going to suggest VB .Net, but since you already know C++, C# would probably be an easy transition.

IMO, WinForms has less of a learning curve than WPF. I like WPF a lot more, but if you are going for "easy", I would do a WinForms application in either VB or C# .Net. Just my 2 cents.

 

[MooseNSquirrel]

Python?

 

[LumbergTech]

You already know C++ ?

QT, hands down.

I don't know anything about mobile apps though.

 

[beginner99]

The guy wants to do a Cross-plattform App and also mentions Android and people suggest to go C#? WTF?

Nothing against C# or MS but since Java is per se Cross-Plattform and Android programming is Java, suggesting anything else than Java IMHO makes no sense at all.

 

[BrightCandle]

Application programming here is getting translated into GUI stacks. Not saying that is wrong by the domain of the application has a large impact to language choice as well. Going on what has been stated I would say you will find qt less easy than than Java swing and you should learn another language rather than sticking with c++. But c# undoubtly does better windows apps than Java does.

You won't go wrong with qt in pretty much any language (how about ruby?) Or Java with swing or c#. All have very different strengths and weaknesses in other ways and its hard to narrow without the domain of your application.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I would just continue learning more C++ to do GUI level stuff, since you know C++ already.

Java is probably easier for GUI stuff though. I've been wanting to dive into C++ GUI stuff myself actually. Look at GTK+. I did not really play much with it myself but that seems to be a popular library for GUI stuff.

 

[MooseNSquirrel]

For a learning excersize I would stick with C++.

If you can master that language, Java (or C#) will be a walk in the park.

A park filled with dog poop no one picks up

Joking aside, dont worry too much about what you use to create the GUI.

THe tools are so good these days I would not worry about java vs ms vs qt vs whatever.

 

[sourceninja]

Apple desktop/laptop, you are best off with obj-c, but you can also program in many languages that offer bridges to cocoa. Python, ruby, lua, etc all can bridge to cocoa and allow for 'native' mac applications.