Programming

[Dentafrice]

Javascript. Learn how to use Javascript, it will help you in the long run.

Move from Javascript on to C#. C# will teach you a lot of syntax that will follow into other languages.

Since you already know PHP, C# will be a breeze for you as the syntax is similar.

MessageBox.Show("Hey, this is a message!"); 

As you can see, the . in that syntax is like -> in PHP..

$MessageBox->Show("Hey, this is a message!"); 

I recommend C# or Java.

[triston220]

Java is cross-platform compatible so it will run on Windows, Mac and linux.

[Cushioned]

Been said a couple times, C++ or C# are the way to go. Dentafrice made a good point with Javascript--with the little knowledge and messing around in the languages the syntax is incredibly similar.

[Dentafrice]

Once you understand what a syntax actually means, you can learn any language relatively easy. I was extremely proficient in Java after just a few days and a week or two, with no books... nothing like that due to knowing other languages that share the same syntax.

[NFL4LIFE]

JavaScript, or C# then C++. C++ is more object oriented.

[Dentafrice]

It's not more object oriented than Java or even C# in a sense.. I would say they're on about the same level. Which that might get held against me, just my opinion.

[lynx]

What ever you do - Don't learn visual basic for a windows machine. Do a more productive language like java or objective-C. Take that from a programmer that learned visual basic and never used it since learned.