I wanna learn more computer languages!! What are the best ways to learn them?

[neonerd]

ugh, i wanna learn java script, visual basic, C++, JAVA, etc....what's a good way? can u really learn this stuff efficiently and well from books?

 

[Nocturnal]

no

 

[XZeroII]

why?

Granted I know them all, but it's pointless. Specialize and get good at one.

 

[oniq]

yes

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
why?

Granted I know them all, but it's pointless. Specialize and get good at one.

i think it would be nice to know them all, but specialize in one...but knowing them all, which one do you think is most useful?

 

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by: Kaputnik03

Originally posted by: XZeroII
why?

Granted I know them all, but it's pointless. Specialize and get good at one.

i think it would be nice to know them all, but specialize in one...but knowing them all, which one do you think is most useful?

C++/Java

 

[ClueLis]

Originally posted by: Kaputnik03

Originally posted by: XZeroII
why?

Granted I know them all, but it's pointless. Specialize and get good at one.

i think it would be nice to know them all, but specialize in one...but knowing them all, which one do you think is most useful?

Focus on learning one really well, then if you still want to learn more, they will be much easier.

As for learning with books, you will learn the syntax, but probably miss a lot of the important concepts.

Edit: Oh, and I'd agree that you should start with either C++ or JAVA.

 

[dighn]

depends. if you find it interesting you can probably learn quickly. if you find it dry i doubt you can learn well by yourself.

 

[yllus]

Javascript is not worth learning. Just know how to hack it together if need be for some specialized reason.

VB is useful because much of MS's other languages is similar to it.

C++ is useful, but learn C first.

Java is useless IMO.

PHP/Perl might be a good idea in this Web-driven climate. Pair that up with SQL knowledge.

can u really learn this stuff efficiently and well from books?

As opposed to learning how? Yes, buy a good textbook or read tutorials online and hack your knowledge together.

 

[neonerd]

what about visual basic .net? someone said it was osm

edit: Posted late

 

[TJN23]

as far as scripting languages, ASP (now ASP.net and ASP/XML) would be good to know

 

[mugs]

Start with Java or C++. VB 6 has its place, but it will teach you poor programming. VB.NET is better, but you might as well learn C#. You CAN learn to program with a book, but programming does not come easily to everyone.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Move to India, that's where the bulk of programming is going, anyway. 😀

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Move to India, that's where the bulk of programming is going, anyway. 😀

Ya, they do all the debugging

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Kaputnik03

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Move to India, that's where the bulk of programming is going, anyway. 😀

Ya, they do all the debugging

They have a hell of a lot of bugs over there. 😕