Prince21 Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 What is the easiest programming language to learn? What is the quickest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Patrick_ Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Isn't a C# and VB.net compiler free with the .net Framework? Install the .net Framework 1.1 SDK and search for VBC.exe in ~Your Windows Folder~\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322. That's the command line compiler... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Prince21 Posted June 25, 2004 Author Share Posted June 25, 2004 Yeah HTML XHTML stuff like that forget that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Prince21 Posted June 25, 2004 Author Share Posted June 25, 2004 How do i ask the admins to make this post a sticky, if you read this can you please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +devHead Subscriber² Posted June 25, 2004 Subscriber² Share Posted June 25, 2004 The Easiest programming language to learn I would say is VB.NET. Unlike old VB, it's totally Object Oriented, so it's very powerful, but still I think the easiest to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 slanky Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 If your just getting started and you have Microsoft Office you already have a language to learn with. Open up any of the office applications and hit F11, you can play around with VBA(Visual Basic for Applications), which is essentially VB6, except you can't create .exe's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Prince21 Posted June 27, 2004 Author Share Posted June 27, 2004 So far i have decided to learn VB.NET as it sounds good and asy to learn. Thank you ppl for giving me advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Large Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Hey, I'm glad you decided to choose VB.Net, thats my prefered language, if you want any help then just PM me. I can't promise I will solve your problems but I'll try, I have been learning VB.Net for a year now. Kind Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rezza Veteran Posted June 27, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 27, 2004 I've tried a few languages in my time... but I'm no guru in any of them. I've used GWBASIC, Qbasic, Pascal, C, Java, Haskell, Perl, and Python (along with some shell scripting). I have to say that Python and Perl are my favorites, Python because its a very elegant OO language and Perl because its so quick to hack out some simple programs in, but I think I need to get used to C a bit more, you just can't compete with properly compiled languages for speed (well, apart from assembly, but thats just suicidal ;) ). Oh, and to answer your question: apart from basic (which is a bit of a fisher-price language) the easiest one to learn was Python. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ElectricDemon Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 I started out with VB version 4 when I first got interested in programming, then started using C in university, then had another spell of using VB version 6, now in my placement job I'm trying to learn delphi. I think VB was the easiest to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 schwarz2 Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 I pretty much have the same question so I'll just piggy back on this thread. What do you think is the easiest language to use for creating GUIs as executables? I'd assume VB although VB.net seems to be the way to go at this point. If VB.net, have any good resources as a starting point for a beginner? I've done a lot with Winbatch which is a non OO language (although it does support UDF's) - but I think it babied me a bit with all of its included functions. I've done a little with java and c, but I'm far from comfortable with them. I just want to be able to whip out simple programs as small executables that I can create for others to use.. this winbatch is pretty inefficient for the extent I've been using it but it's so damn easy =) Oh - and integration with databases is pretty important for me too. Anyway, appreciate any help =) Thanks much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dessimat0r Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 I usually program in VB.Net but . . .If I wanted to play around with Delphi, whats the cheapest and easiest way, any suggestions ? Thanks ! :happy: Delphi 7 Personal Edition, which is free. Get from Borland's site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 azcodemonkey Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Borland doesn't have it up anymore. Just went through this not too long ago. https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=182042 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GatorV Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 I'll say VB (not .NET) for start, then move to VB.NET which is very very powerful :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 imtoomuch Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 VB.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Gabureiru Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 Borland Delphi, powerful, easy, .NET what more can you want??? :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Prince21 Posted July 2, 2004 Author Share Posted July 2, 2004 Keep the ideas coming in, man i should have done a poll so dumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Neon_Wizard Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 I never really programmed anything. I can do HTML, JavaScript and CSS but nothing really for software. What's an easy programming language? I'm looking for something for beginners, just to learn the basics. I want to learn C++ and VB afterwards, after I get the hang of it. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sn1p3t Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 This has been asked several times, but I'll reiterate what has been said: For the "easiest" language, I'd go with something from the Basic family. You've basically got VB6 and VB.net. I would definantly say go with VB.net, since it's Object Oriented approach is much better than with VB6. Once you've learned VB.net, you can switch any other .Net language, and only have to learn the syntax differences. For example, C# is a .Net language who's syntax is very similar to Java. You can always use Managed C++ (another .NET language), who's syntax is pretty much identical to C++. Either way you go, my bias is with .NET. I feel it's soon going to become very mainstream, and knowing it would be a huge advantage to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mike Douglas Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Python (www.python.org) is quite a good programming language that is easy to understand and will teach you the basics of OOP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 contra Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 eh, i don't like anything .Net but what i did was learn the HTML, JavaScript, CSS (with emphasis on standards) then went on to PHP / Mysql then dabbled with perl, bash, python then c++ P.S. never trust a "Avid Microsoft Fanboy" :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sn1p3t Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 eh, i don't like anything .Netbut what i did was learn the HTML, JavaScript, CSS (with emphasis on standards) then went on to PHP / Mysql then dabbled with perl, bash, python then c++ P.S. never trust a "Avid Microsoft Fanboy" :yes: What's wrong with .NET? PHP is too much of a "hacked" language for my tasting. Plus I enjoy OOP languages (PHP 5 can hardly call itself that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 John Veteran Posted August 18, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 18, 2004 First, I suggest you decide if you want to do OS programming (for Windows/linux/Mac) or web programming. From there, your choices will be much easier. If you choose the OS route, I suggest you get started on C++ as you want to learn it anyway. Otherwise, VB.NET is great for beginners (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 zeebaf Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 First, I suggest you decide if you want to do OS programming (for Windows/linux/Mac) or web programming. From there, your choices will be much easier.If you choose the OS route, I suggest you get started on C++ as you want to learn it anyway. Otherwise, VB.NET is great for beginners (Y) what I have to learn if I decide OS programming for Windows or what I have to learn if I decided for web programming for beginners. I do not have any clue of any kind programing. tnx in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 karmakillernz Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 If you start learning C# or VB.NET, you can put those skills into both Windows application development, and web development with ASP.NET. Managed C++ can also do this, but I find C# to be a "cleaner" language and it was built with .NET in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 John Veteran Posted August 18, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 18, 2004 If you start learning C# or VB.NET, you can put those skills into both Windows application development, and web development with ASP.NET. Managed C++ can also do this, but I find C# to be a "cleaner" language and it was built with .NET in mind. Indeed, the .NET languages are very nice, and C# and VB.NET have the added benefit of being used for web applications. Also, C# and .NET were essentially designed for each other, and VB.NET fits nicely into the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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