Want to learn programming languages

[Chippiewill]

For a beginner of actual programming (Rather than mark-up or scripting) I would recommend Python as it's a very sensibly thought out language. Whilst I only have extremely limited experience with Python it is definitely one of the more sensible programming languages and forces some good programming practices as part of it's syntax. Code academy is excellent for this: http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/python

If you are adamant on web then you may find it more sensible to get a start in html/css and probably progress towards PHP, whilst python does support web programming it's far less intuitive and PHP is arguably more applicable in the real world. If you are willing to put up with the initial pains of setting up a python web environment then you'll probably prefer it substantially over PHP though. Add some javascript to the web stuff only when you're competent with the rest, make sure you learn with jQuery, javascript itself is a mess and jQuery makes doing ANYTHING in javascript easier.

tl;dr Python, python, python. If you want to do web stuff then learn html/css and then progress to include php or python on top.

Just don't use W3Schools, it's horrible.

This. http://w3fools.com/

[overskrill]

Why on earth would he learn ruby on rails when he's a beginner?


HTML and CSS are essential for web design. Whilst they're not programming languages they're widely useful and fit in nicely.


Plus, it's much more complicated for a beginner.



OT:


I used www.w3schools.com, started when I was 11. It's really good. I also used a mixture of youtube videos and posting in coding forums for help.

Because Rails has a syntax that makes sense and can get a lot done in far less lines than many other languages, whilst also being easier.

[Recursion]

Because Rails has a syntax that makes sense and can get a lot done in far less lines than many other languages, whilst also being easier.

Ruby is in no way easier.

[overskrill]

Ruby is in no way easier.

It really depends on what we're comparing it to. I find it easier than PHP(subjective (except for installation and getting used to gems etc, a real *****)), the programming itself is fine.

[Chippiewill]

I find it easier than PHP.

Anecdotal evidence is meaningless.

[overskrill]

Anecdotal evidence is meaningless.

Thanks for pointing out what I pointed out.