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For me, the most addictive programming languages are definitely SQL and Python. I have found myself playing around with both of them for hours on end. I actually know quite a bit about Java and C++ but I really don't have fun with those languages. When it comes to Python though, I just have too much fun with it. Even when I'm stuck on something, and I figure out a problemi have more fun doing this. I think since I've always been a big search engine guy since I've been on the internet, j tend to gravitate towards SQL. I feel like I'm just doing Google searches when doing SQL. I've found myself losing hours just trying to write queries for data models at work.
Honerable mentions are awk, and the Unix command line.
That said, I only do scripting and I am still learning PowerShell, so I typically create scripts using CL.
As a programming language, I was learning Ruby which seemed very simple and logical.
As mentioned, Python seems like a powerful language yet simple with a logical syntax.
Best part for either language is, they are both free to download and use!
So, for anyone trying to learn programming on a budget, either one makes sense.
Last edited by TurcoLoco; 02-10-2014 at 12:21 PM..
I would say BASIC as I really loved it and started to learn how to do things. Starting on Apple computers and my Commodore 64 which I love!!! (Use it often)
Then when i got into PCs I discovered GW BASIC and thats nice also
I would say BASIC as I really loved it and started to learn how to do things. Starting on Apple computers and my Commodore 64 which I love!!! (Use it often)
Then when i got into PCs I discovered GW BASIC and thats nice also
My outright favorites are *nix shell scripting language, SQL, and Perl. To this day, Sed and Awk still come up. I use several other languages, but on the data side, simplicity and manageability are a huge plus,, and these do a good job. If you are reading this and you are in the US, it's almost guaranteed that you have received, or are (more likely) occasionally or frequently interfacing with my systems in some form, using the above behind the scenes.
I would say BASIC as I really loved it and started to learn how to do things. Starting on Apple computers and my Commodore 64 which I love!!! (Use it often)
Then when i got into PCs I discovered GW BASIC and thats nice also
That was BASIC? I always thought it was a proprietary version of Pascal or something. Who knew I was "FreezeFrame"ing into Commodore64 games and making changes! Hah! I remember changing a code in the game called Karateka and my characters head was like 5 times larger!
Yup .. Its interesting....... I clicked the link to download GWBASIC and I clicked OPEN so it would just open on my screen and it said "60300 bytes free" (You can see the same info by entering ?fre(0) (Which also works on Commodore 64)
I dunon why pressing CTRL-C doesnt act as break (^C) ,i thought it used to when i tried that before??!?!?!?!
I entered a simple program
0 n=n+1:?n:goto 0
Then I entered "run" and when i pressed CTRL-C it just beeps,it should stop and display "Break in 0" but it doesnt..........
Hmmmmm
Interestingly C64,GW basic and Apple allow the use of line 0 (ZERO) -- TI 99/4a (MY FIRST COMPUTER) does not!
sql is fun for me cause it's simple but it's complex because of it's simplicity...... if that makes sense.
I'm currently coding in C# for a commission system we're building and it's quite fun with intellisense and tools like sqlmetal and telerik controls. I just realized yesterday that when you go to edit something on a grid, the commandname editinit fires, which gives you all kinds of power as far as checking for nulls and things like that. I just assumed that edit was the commandname that fired but I didn't think about there being two button clicks, and not just one. So now i can check between editinit and edit for stuff that I don't want users to be able to do...which is awesome.
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