Want to start programming

Question

I want to start programming as a career. What books would you reccommend to a beginner. Also which languages would you say are up and coming and will be dominant in say 5-10 years?

Answer 1

Well, what do you want to program??? there are many languages that are specific for certain tasks.

If you are interested in web programming, yes HTML, XHTML, PHP, Python among others are good languages to learn,

If you want to do GUI (graphic user interface) you might wanna think of Java.

C/C++, C# are very powerful languages, that are widely used in game programming and among many other tasks.

You might wanna ask yourself what you are interested in and do a google search or ask any programming forum such as dreamincode.net

Answer 2

You should start with learning HTML & CSS if you don't already know them.  I would then move on to server side scripting languages like PHP and ASP.net.  You will also need to learn VBScript, C# and JavaScript.  I highly recommend starting your learning with http://vtc.com it costs $30 a month you can learn at your own pace.  I use it all the time.  Start there and you'll have a better idea of what you need to look for in a book.

Answer 3

You can start learning C++ with these video tutorials:

http://xoax.net/comp/cpp/console/index.p...

They are perfect for beginners. This one can get you started by showing you how to install a free compiler:

http://xoax.net/comp/cpp/console/Lesson0...

Here are some simple games with code downloads that you can use to get some ideas:

http://xoax.net/comp/cpp/console/Lesson9...

http://xoax.net/comp/cpp/console/Lesson2...

http://xoax.net/comp/cpp/console/Lesson2...

These tutorials can get you started with graphics programming in OpenGL:

http://xoax.net/comp/cpp/opengl/index.ph...

You can go through the tutorials and if you have questions on them or anything else in C++, please post to me here:

http://xoax.net/forum/

Best of luck!

Answer 4

skip books for now

go online and learn basic at w3schools.com

Answer 5

The First Language to start learning is HTML. You can create the most simplest program function with this in website. CSS is something you can then further study - not completely necessary

Now, you should start learning JavaScript but only beginners level.

Now you should learn PHP to a intermidiate level.

Now you should learn SQL

now you should continue with javascriipt