I’ve had a lot of people ask in the comments of my previous videos about what the best programming languages to learn when starting out. So in this video I try to lay out my three favorite programming languages for beginners who are just starting out and a little background on why I recommend each language.
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Hopefully this video answers your questions about what the best programming languages are when you are a brand new beginner. I tried to lay out my thoughts on why I think each is a good option but what do you think? Do these make sense? Have you tried any of these languages and found them to be difficult or boring?
I REALLY recommend assembly. It's so easy!
Thank You verrrryy mucch
How about Lua, which is in Roblox and Garry's Mod? Roblox Lua is easier thought.
Java is close to my heart dude JavaScript I don't mind been number two python for the third position.
The first programming language that I learned was BASIC in 1982. After typing a one-page programme to calculate the roots of a quadratic equation I was hooked…maybe addicted is a more accurate way to describe my reaction.
Another advantage of JavaScript is that it is very easy to distribute. Once you have uploaded it to a server, all you need to do is share the link with your friends. But with Python, it is not so easy, the average user won't be willing or able to install python and run a tool over the command line.
i was disappointed that lua wasn’t in this list
really needed to hear this… thanks for the vid.
I suggest you learn C while learning any other language. C is really important in understanding what's going on at a lower level.
I want to get into a relationship with JavaScript!
BaTcH iS EAsY
Partial = not impartial
I love that “this is a marathon and not a sprint”.
c#, python, js is no-brainer, if you want be freelancer you must know good php becouse wordpress.
i dont understand why dont you just say tge three languages in the start of the video
thank you
What edition of Head First C# did you use for learning?
Can you guys please like this post so he can see it?
Do you recommend for a true beginner that hasn’t touched a computer since high school 😂 to learn html and css before learning any of these programming languages?
I know one ☝️ thing. Print” Hello World”. I can’t understand it despite trying to learn it
I started with Ruby lolol jk
Thing is: if you want to program front end in browsers, you have no choice – its javascript, even if you hate it
"I'm partial to it," you should have said.
So no HTML/CSS ?
Hoping someone can help me here and i know my question has been asked many times before..a few years i started to learn JS and gave up after a few months..to be clear i have no previous experience whatsoever with coding.
What language would get me building real world projects in little time as possible?
What languages would you recommend as total beginners wanting to 'start again' on learning?
I can say personally JS is not for me
Thanks in advance
i just learned that i can be a coder
Thanx for the video Andy , you really inspirational. am undergoing personal education too
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Why not learn a very high level language where you can focus on logic and algorithms rather than syntax and what I call "scaffolding" (declarations of everything under the sun like "public static void main (String[args]), for example). In LC you can actually just write something like "sort lines of text by the last item of each" and assuming that "text" is a var (or container) that actually contains lines of delimited text (ie. items) it will do just as it says… sort the text by the last item of each line. Notice there is not a single comma, semicolon, curly bracket, square bracket, nada. Just an english like statement that translates into the output you are looking for. Well, my 3 cents. I happen to have used many of the programming languages on this planet (starting with 6502 assembler (to date myself), basic, pascal, fortran, c, dBase, and a few others) and LiveCode is a good fit for me. Like you said, use what makes you productive and happy coding. Cheers!!
Thanks for the help! I want to learn to code to procrastinate writing my book!
In order to get a first job with Python you need to learn a lot of additional staff. The language itself is easy but additional technologies are hard to learn. So choose JavaScrypt.
I feel like people think they need to learn the most popular language because there's the glorification of the tech industry, that we make all of this money, but they don't know how much work goes into what we do. JavaScript was the best entry for me, because I felt like I could do so much with it without needing additional libraries or frameworks.