What is the best programming language to learn as an introduction to programming?

Programmer Person: What is the best programming language to learn as an introduction to programming?
I want to start learning programming, and I was wondering what languages I should use. I’ve been told Java is pretty good to start out with, but I wanted a broader source of answers. A few things to base the answer on…

– I’ll be doing my programming in Mac OS 10.5
– I’d prefer desktop application-style programming, but I’ll do web development if it’s strongly advised.
– I’ve dabbled a bit in Python.

Answers and Views:

Answer by The GNU Guy
Objective C is really easy to start on a Mac. All you have do is pop in you OS install disc and instal Xcode dev tools

Answer by Frank L
BASIC, then Pascal, then C

Answer by dragonsbreath181
basic, machine, C,C++,LISP,fortran,cobol,elp,java,

Answer by Bob
I strongly suggest python. Although personally I use Java, I don’t think its a good place to start. Python has simple syntax and saves you a lot of hassle that can be hard for beginners. (For example, python is not “strongly typed”; when you make a new variable, you do not need to tell python what kind of variable it is, and you can change it from an integer to a string within the program. “strongly typed” languages like java, C, C++ require that you declare each variable as an integer, floating point (decimal), string, etc. This becomes very important and useful when doing complicated tasks, but is annoying for beginners.)

a good book on beginning python is “python for the absolute beginner”. I don’t know how much you have “dabbled” in python, but I would recommend you continue there.

Answer by ♠ black-mamba ♠
My opinion is :
-Java (if you want to play with program that can run under multi platform)

-Fortran or C or C++ (if you want to play with high computational program)

Java also can integrate with other language.

I hope it help.

Answer by Dule
If u dabbled with Python, continue, but if want spend time on web development i advice u to start learning PHP its the best.

Answer by tbshmkr
C++
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Code::Blocks == open source free C++ IDE
https://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/binaries
codeblocks-8.02-p2-mac.zip

Answer by Sri
i have collected some good links for programming here (all popular languages) – around 250 sites for each.. check the link below if you are interested
https://markthispage.blogspot.com/search/label/Programming

Answer by Sam G
You should use a program called “Game Maker” There is a free version of it, and it is incredibly simple, you can download it from:
https://www.yoyogames.com

Also Javascript is an incredibly good language to learn too, and it comes with your computer! Some good tutorials are here

You can learn something called “Perl” if you’re feeling hardcore. This is pretty easy but is more obscure and unrelated to other languages, except PHP, these two would be good if you want to be a website programmer, however Perl is what is known as a “Scripting language” and can be used in many programs that aren’t for websites.