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iffy

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Some time ago I asked a question on this board regarding what programming language to learn for a beginner. Since I then I have decided to learn javascript. My question now is how should I go about learning it? I have been trying to follow tutorials on w3, but can't seem to learn too much there. any advice?
 
javascript is not a programming language, it is a scripting language., mainly used for developing websites.
 
What? Haha

Either way, if you want to learn javascript,
Here is a video series that should help a lot.

He has several other series on the website, so if you decide to learn something else, that's a good place to start.
 
iffy said:
Since I then I have decided to learn javascript.
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Why javascript?
What are you planning to achieve after learning a programming language?
I would advice you to start with C/C++. A Real Programming language :D(Unless you want to do some web development then you will need to learn html and javascript and php and SQL)
 
mihir said:
Why javascript?
What are you planning to achieve after learning a programming language?
I would advice you to start with C/C++. A Real Programming language :D(Unless you want to do some web development then you will need to learn html and javascript and php and SQL)
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Real men start with Cobal or Objective C.

To the OP: No, don't actually start with Cobal. Don't start with C or C++. Start with something easy to learn syntax, not something you're going to hate.

C# or JAVA for applications. Or if you're doing web development Ruby or PHP. Then move onto harder stuff like C++.

As for your choice in javascript I think thats fair if you're doing a lot of web development. As stated its a scripting language, not a programming one, but you'll still learn how functions and objects and things work. The only resource I can recommend to learn it is w3 schools, but you've already mentioned them. So best of luck.
 
kobaj said:
Real men start with Cobal or Objective C.

To the OP: No, don't actually start with Cobal. Don't start with C or C++. Start with something easy to learn syntax, not something you're going to hate.
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Who hates C???
Real Men start with Assembly :P HAHA.
I would still say start with C and then many other languages wouldn't seem too difficult.When you know how to make an infinite size variable in C other stuff won't seem too difficult.
Of-course the only disadvantage will be you won't feel like you have done much after writing 100 lines of code in C.
But to see immediate results try something like HTML.
 
mihir said:
Who hates C???
Real Men start with Assembly :P HAHA.
I would still say start with C and then many other languages wouldn't seem too difficult.When you know how to make an infinite size variable in C other stuff won't seem too difficult.
Of-course the only disadvantage will be you won't feel like you have done much after writing 100 lines of code in C.
But to see immediate results try something like HTML.
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Ha, assembly..............don't ever do that...

I really think you should work your way up to harder languages. If you want to program as a profession, Java and C++ are the ones to know, in that order.
Java has very similar syntax to C++, but also eliminates memory management, which is awesome for learning to program. Move on to C++ to learn how to completely control how memory is manipulated in a program.
 
The real lesson to learn on programming is to know which language to use for which application. Depending on what you intend to do should determine which language you should learn.
 
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