Comment on Hi, I want to start programming but dunno where to start and which language to learn
hperrin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It depends what you want to do.
Do you want to make cool desktop apps? Probably something like Rust or C#.
Do you want to do machine learning or scientific research applications? Definitely Python.
Do you want to make websites and web apps? Definitely HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (look up both Node.js and DOM API).
Do you want to make mobile apps? Probably Dart and Flutter. Also could learn Java for Android or Objective-C for iOS.
Do you want to get into the nitty gritty of kernel level programming or embedded programming? Probably C and Rust.
Do you want to accomplish nothing of value? Visual Basic.
Learning Java for android is still useful as a lot of legacy stuff is Java, but given Google has gone Kotlin first, and Kotlin is IMO easier and less error prone, dipping their toes in that first would probably be the better move.
You can always circle back to Java
Thanks for the correction, I added it to my post.
Kotlin is IMO easier and less error prone
I’m no Kotlin expert, but I think Kotlin has a far more extensive core language and requires a heavier cognitive load to get up and running than Java.
It might have better developer experience and be less error-prone, but that comes at a price of admission that newbies have to pay.
First time I see “cool” and “c#” on the same sentence. I’ve always thought stereotype of c# is that is the language for corporate uncool projects.
Just a comment. Cobol nowadays is heavily outsourced. There are jobs but not so lucrative as in the past. Fortran is still strong in scientific computing, but nowadays it is wrapped in python. All that I know who were strong in fortran (me including) are nowadays working with python or scala, most of us on AI related stuff.
I believe Fortran is still heavily used in weather forecasting.
All scientific computing is built on top of fortran. Even AI still run on top of high performance libraries written in fortran a c. Simply there is less need for fortran developers because high performance subroutines are wrapped to be called by higher level languages, such as python
starman@programming.dev 1 year ago
C# is also very nice for server side and mobile apps as well as desktop