Wat's the first programming language u learnt??
By shashank1986
@shashank1986 (625)
India
May 28, 2007 10:35am CST
we all are novices at some part of our life...n novices must be working on a plain n simple platform...wat was ur first programming language??did u find it convenient??wat wud u recommend for a beginner to start with??
For me i started with GW Basic at an age of 12 yrs...Gw Basic was quite popular those days...in present day i wud recommmend a beginner starting with C..
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36 responses
@shakeroo (3986)
• Malaysia
28 May 07
my first programming language was BASIC and I really hate that. To me it is easy to make simple programs but it gets very complicated when you try to do a bigger and more complex program. Then I studied FORTRAN and I hate that too. After that, I decided that programming is just not my cup of tea.
@shashank1986 (625)
• India
28 May 07
its not ur cup of tea but its bread for me..lol
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@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
13 Jun 07
a bigger chunk of the population will never take kindly to programming. this is a career that only a few will pursue. just like all other careers, only a little of the population will go for it. the primary considerations which wiill make us pursue a career are the usual things like our talent for it, interest and the demand for professionals in the market. we may realize that the demand is high and so we get to be interested in it, now, talent is the final deciding factor. i believe that both of us lacked on this one.
@alaskaice75 (23)
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31 Mar 08
My first language was Basic then I learn Pascal then Fortran for my university studies then Visual Basic and now matlab and soon C.
I like programming
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@Harley009 (1416)
• India
12 Dec 07
First I studied FORTRAN 77 in 11th grade school, and C (Turbo C) language in 12th grade school.
Later I studied BASIC (Q-Basic), C in deep and C++.
Nowadays I use visual programming tools like Visual Basic, C#.net and PowerBuilder.
@Harley009 (1416)
• India
12 Dec 07
If anyone want to learn Programming I recommend C++ as starting language.
It can be done using Microsoft Visual C++ 6 or
classic application in VC++.net or
Borland Turbo C++ or
Borland C++ Builder.
In Linux you can simply use text editor and compile with native compiler or some third party editors like Anjuta or Eclipse can be used.
@siti_mardia (11)
• Malaysia
29 May 07
My first programming is C using Boolean. I am having lots of difficulities to understand at first. I try every lab exercises given by my tutors. But nothing gave a clue on what i'm doing. I even cry sometimes if nothing works. Later, after several lectures came in and extra exercises done, I started to tie a knot to it... heh... . It's true what they say, practice makes perfect... For starters, I reccomended C
@juandy (47)
• Indonesia
15 Jun 07
Yes C is the best for beginner :) In my opinion, one should learn programming in a simple environment at first, so they don't have to worry about too many libraries or too many functions and etc.
We should focus on how to build a logical solution and implements those steps in programming language...
I first program when i was in college, I'll never forget my first task of building a triangle star like this one:
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* *
* * *
It took my a few hours to think about it and successfully program it, but that was when the love started to spring out :)
@yadav8797 (1211)
• India
5 Sep 08
yes.friend like yuo , i am not understand the language C,it will create too much problem for me.even today i am not understand this language. i think C++ is easier than this language.its has nice concept.the C language is always difficult for e.the language is very advance , i am also don't understand this language too. plz help me,what should i have to??
@shashank1986 (625)
• India
1 Jul 07
nice to c someone who stuck to something he learnt first... most of us keep changing...
@megaplaza (1441)
• Nigeria
5 Jun 07
i started with java, wasnt easy for me. later i tried andi learnt it, but not on the professional level. i love php, html and javascript more which are mainly web design language. i am studying computer science. i hope to specialise in networking not programming though i love programming but only as a hobby never as a career
@shashank1986 (625)
• India
5 Jun 07
yeah i feel java is a bit complex for beginnners... anyway goodluck for ur career..
@softwind (197)
• Romania
22 Mar 08
first programming that I have tried to learn was Pascal, from a book. I have managed to do some very simple programs.
@youless (112595)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Sep 08
It's quite simple programming language at that time. I learned Lotus 123 and Basic. I wish I could learn Java and C++ because it's much more professional to fulfill what I want to do.
I love China
@draco666 (174)
• United States
17 Mar 08
First language I learned was c++ 6, gcc compiler, then on to perl, python, asp, vb .net and c++ .net
@RowenaTheWitch (947)
• Italy
22 Jan 08
The first programming language I learned were a bit of HTML (ok, not a programming language) and Javascript. But what I studied for real was C in Computer Science faculty. I don't like C, I prefer Java by the way
@razor123 (979)
• India
29 Aug 08
The first programming language i ever learnt was C. As in my college that was the first programming language they taught me. Its the basis for most other programming languages like C++, JAVA, C# and many more.
Even i would personally advice all of you if your starting of with a programming language first do C. Otherwise if you directly jump to an advanced language you'll find it really difficult.
Finally Enjoy learning and Programming and All the Best!! 
@razor123 (979)
• India
29 Aug 08
The first programming language i ever learnt was C. As in my college that was the first programming language they taught me. Its the basis for most other programming languages like C++, JAVA, C# and many more.
Even i would personally advice all of you if your starting of with a programming language first do C. Otherwise if you directly jump to an advanced language you'll find it really difficult.
@subha12 (18441)
• India
18 Jan 08
it was pascal as i remember.It was when i was in school. i have just forgot that programming language i think.iN these days people starts with C mainly.some even with Java.
@Zalvor (727)
• Turkey
25 Dec 07
The first programming language I learned was the built in Basic language in Synclair ZX Spectrum. I remember writing lines and lines of code from a book and then the machine crashed! Then I experimented further with Basic on Commodore 64 and then the PC. GW Basic was popular; in fact I was using an emulator on my Amiga 500 to run it. Ah those days :)
@babayangu (44)
• Kenya
18 Jan 08
my first language was dbase3 the 4 the foxpro the clipper then cobol hated cobal coz of the long coding and all. I know use progres software, it a 4GL RDBMS i find it very simple coz three lines of code can do what 5 pages of cobol could do it also has a user inteface builder where you can paint a screen and it comes with all the codes.. i have used it to develo a payroll system... programming is my bread as well, what do you develop?
@dark_joev (3034)
• United States
24 Dec 07
I started programing when i was 14 which is like two years ago with dark basic and then moved to C++ which i found dark basic to be easy to learn and get a game made from it. So I would say that is the easiest but one that i have been using is python and that is easy to use too.
@bhushguha (203)
• India
19 Jan 08
Hi.
I started learning programming with C then C++.
Currently I can do programming in C,C++,Java,VB,.Net
@Natalie_PTR (92)
• Canada
15 Jan 08
My first programming language was turbo Pascal. That was how everyone in my undergrad class started their first interaction with computer programming and thinking about my experience I would recommend it to every beginner because it's very easy to understand. Also, C can be a good choice because afterwards every one will be using c++, C# and java so C can be a good start too.
