Easiest ways to learn computer language

What easiest ways to learn computer language, for someone who has no knowlege of it, and what would you say are the benefits of knowing such a thing.

 

Hiya rak ...
i started out with scripting languages first python and ruby then moved on to other languages, it depends on what you plan to do for example software or webdesign. It comes in handy when you need to automate tasks one of the benefits

 

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codeacademy.com
learnstreet.com

these are good starting points
take care peace

 

What's the purpose, are you looking for a career change?

I'm not a coder but I learned BASIC as a kid, and it taught be some of the basic concepts that apply to all programming languages: arrays, sub routines, variables, etc.

If you really don't have any knowledge of programming, start at the bottom. Learn easy languages like BASIC and HTML. Once you got those concepts down and figure out what direction you want to go you can move on to the more advanced languages.

 

I like textbooks best, but there are tons of good websites too, you can google those.

As far as texts go, Walter Savitch is the best.

Program as you learn. Use everything you learn about at least once.

 

Hello,

as others said, it depends on why you want to learn a programming language and what your current skills are. If you neither know the basic concepts nor any other programming languages I would advice to think about what you want to do with your new knowledge: calculate diff equations, build a GUI, hack some graphics etc. and then choose a language. For starters I would suggest a modern interpreter language like python. Don't waste your time with basic.

If you already know the basic concepts and some other languages it's different. I would suggest to know at least one functional, one imperative and one OO language. If you start learning from a plateau of stuff you already know it's not so difficult. New keywords are memorised in a weekend, learning the idioms may take a little bit longer .

In any case start with a concrete and clear problem that you want to solve with the new language. For most people it's much more motivating this way then looking at stupid examples in books. And read lots of code written by people who are proved to write good code in that language.

Regards
Gyro

 

It might be considered old school, but Perl is very easy to learn and perlmonks.org is chock full of good, helpful people who'll help you along when you hit snags. The book Programming Perl (also known as The Camel Book) is a great place to start, and you can find it used on bn.com for two bucks. The community surrounding the language is outstanding, and tens of thousands of modules, many of them incredibly useful, can be had quickly, easily, and free from the CPAN, the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network.

The benefits? For me, programming and some system administration are what pay my bills. On a personal level, I like being able to make my computers do exactly what I want them to do without being forced to choose between this application that sucks and that application that sucks.

 

I learned basic in h.s. , but that was in the 70s . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC Today there is C and python http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language) You can buy books on them . Python comes with many distros of Linux or you can down load it .
http://www.python.org/
p.s. Dream studio comes with python pre loaded http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=dreamstudio

 

At present, I'm learning Java because it's used to write programs for Android phones. Watching three young guys at work the other night, I noticed each had his phone in hand. The smart phones are the future.