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Frash

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As Basic fans you guys should give AutoIt a try, its an overdeveloped scripting language w/ gui features and such. Sockets dont seem to be supported yet though, but it has a very open minded community. (And it has a exe compiler which produces lightweight .exe files. Not cross platform though)

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Python was my first language.  I found it easy to learn, and humorous at times.  Python is also already preloaded onto Apple computers running OS X.

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Isn't that because python is used for widgets?

--Alex

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angrybrit

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I'd recommend picking up a cheap used book about Pascal. You'll pick up good programming skills, get to know object oriented programming and be able to adapt later on to messy languages like C and C++. Borland offers Delphi 7.0 free on their web site.

I don't recommend any BASIC compilers. BASIC teaches poor software development skills. And VB6 has been announced End-of-Life.

And avoid C and C++. You'll get too discouraged early on by it's sheer complexity. And very prone to errors.

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deiong15

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only thing bad about the net langauge is if you plan on having a user use your stuff they have to download a 30 + meg download the net framework. yuck...

i remember just a few years back visual basic developers were mad that they had to include a 2 meg vb runtime file to there programs. funny how most dont even mind a 30+ anymore.

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Brandon Live Veteran

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only thing bad about the net langauge is if you plan on having a user use your stuff they have to download a 30 + meg download the net framework. yuck...

i remember just a few years back visual basic developers were mad that they had to include a 2 meg vb runtime file to there programs. funny how most dont even mind a 30+ anymore.

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A great deal of people already have the .NET Framework.

And 30MB takes less than a minute to download on most broadband connections. That 2MB for VB used to take 20 ;)

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biorK

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only thing bad about the net langauge is if you plan on having a user use your stuff they have to download a 30 + meg download the net framework. yuck...

i remember just a few years back visual basic developers were mad that they had to include a 2 meg vb runtime file to there programs. funny how most dont even mind a 30+ anymore.

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that's development for you...

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Brandon Live Veteran

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VB .NET, C# and Java are the best languages if you want to start buildling really useful applications quickly.

I personally would recommend C# or Java, as once you've learned those, C++ is much easier to pick up.

All three of those will teach you Object Oriented programming, and you'll be able to apply the concepts you learn with any of those three to the others, C++, and similar languages like Python. That covers pretty much everything you'll encounter in the real world.

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theantidote

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I'd recommend Python first. It's free and easy, but it can also be used as a legit language.

I would NOT recommend Basic what so ever. It teaches very, very bad programming habits that will cause you problems later on. It's also too easy.

After Python you can try Java (I hate Java but that's another story), or PHP (my favorite language). Then C++!

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R_a_V_e_N

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I can't believe people actually mentioning C and C++, I tend to think they are one of the tougher languages for a new learner.

Pascal/Haskell/etc may be easy to learn but you want to learn a language that will get you somewhere. I recomend learning Visual Basic .NET it is very very close to English language yet is very powerfull. I mean you can do pretty much everything with it, build desktop applications, create web applications, etc. If you are not a fan of Microsoft technologies, then you can learn Java. Programming with .NET languages and Java seems like playing with puzzle pieces :)

Like people have said if you want to do serious programming for desktop (e.g games) then you can't go wrong with C++.

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sachleen

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I started in VB, its very good for beginning. I learned BASIC after VB. If you want EASY,

      COMPUTE C = (A + B) / 2.

can also be writen like this:

      ADD A TO B GIVING C.
      DIVIDE 2 INTO C GIVING C.

anyone know what language that is? :p

COBOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

COBOL on Wikipedia

damn it uses a lot of periods.

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denro

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Probably Python (http://www.python.org/). It's very useful just to get to grips with how languages generally work, then you can move on to more advanced stuff, there are loads of tutorials around...

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Yes, Python is the simplest. Can easily experiment, interpreted language. After Python, C# may be the best next (and in some ways, final) step. Here is a clear tutorial for Python:

http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/

If you are in Windows, the free ActiveState Python is a good environment for working with Python:

http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/

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GrimReeper

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Another vote for VB.NET :D

The first language I learnt was VB6 then I learnt VB.NET, VB.NET is much easier to learn and program in.

I guess you should learn C++ so I wouldnt suggest mastering VB.NET and staying with it for to long. Just learn the basics and move onto C# or C++

You can get VB.NET 2005 for free here http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/vbasic/

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ruey

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HTML doesnt count as a programming language, right?

...Well, I tried to learn Visual Basic but none of my computers have VB Studio. So I tried Pascal and Java with Internet tutorials but finally I had to resort to books. So I learnt QBASIC- a very easy language to learn in 2 days.

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HTML doesnt count as a programming language, right?

...Well, I tried to learn Visual Basic but none of my computers have VB Studio. So I tried Pascal and Java with Internet tutorials but finally I had to resort to books. So I learnt QBASIC- a very easy language to learn in 2 days.

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No HTML does not. You can get Vs.net Academic through theSpoke for like $25. Or get SharpDevelop...100% free and open source with support for c# and vb.net

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