First programming language

[DrGnaw]

For a first starting language I am thinking of going with python, then maybe moving on to c++ or php later down the road. Do you think python is a good language to start out with? If not, what language(s) would you recomend?

I dont really have any programming experiance so far, so this looked like a good book for me. Tell me if there is a better python book to start out with, or if you recomend another language other that python, recomend me a book for that language.

I would really appreciate any help/suggestions you have to offer

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Python's definitely a good language to start with, although in the end I don't think the language you start with matters that much. Learning Python is how I learned, and it did the trick. I don't really remember enough to comment on it being good/bad, but obviously it "worked."

 

[kamper]

I thought the online python instructions were not too bad.

 

[DrGnaw]

Anyone else like to share their opinion?

 

[notfred]

I started with perl. I turned out fine, I think. It doesn't really matter that mcuh what language yo ustart with, IMO.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Like most others have said, it doesn't really matter too much what you start out with (unless its Fortran or something else that will make you want to vomit blood). After you've got the basic ideas down, learning new languages isn't a huge leap.

I'd probably just go head-first into C++ if I were you.

 

[Zugzwang152]

I started with C++ for a year in high school, then took entry level college programming in Java, along with a single course in C. The vast majority of my practical experience has been with PHP though, and it's been good to me

 

[mhillary]

python is good. But try out C