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Favorite Programming Language

Started by deadly7, July 10, 2004, 02:05 PM

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deadly7

I was wondering what everyone's favorite progamming language was, and why... I'm learning so I might as well find out what makes each language good..

Tuberload

The thread right below this one asks a similar question, and contains links to other threads talking about similar things, as well as links to various language compilers.
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deadly7

Oops.... I'm not off to a very good start here, am i..

Tuberload

Quote from: deadly7 on July 10, 2004, 02:09 PM
Oops.... I'm not off to a very good start here, am i..

I don't usually do this, but I will apologize a little, I have been in a bad mood today.

On another note, just sit back and get a feel for what this community is about. Always try and research your questions first, and when you do ask them post the results of your research so we don't feel like you are just trying to leach information.

HTH
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Quote from: WaR[KL] on July 10, 2004, 10:53 PM
Everyone makes mistakes  ::)

One time mistakes are one thing, and repeated mistakes are another...  ::)
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Zeller

Quote from: deadly7 on July 10, 2004, 02:05 PM
I was wondering what everyone's favorite progamming language was, and why... I'm learning so I might as well find out what makes each language good..

You do have a good question. Each language does have its own advantages. If you want to get into web aplets, learn java. C++ is good for application development. C# ( and other .net languages) are also great for aplication development and the best for web programming. If you have never programmed before, visual basic  is probably the best starting language out there if you plan on teaching yourself.

Tell us what you see yourself programming.

Tuberload

Quote from: Zeller on July 11, 2004, 01:16 AMYou do have a good question. Each language does have its own advantages. If you want to get into web aplets, learn java. C++ is good for application development. C# ( and other .net languages) are also great for aplication development and the best for web programming. If you have never programmed before, visual basic  is probably the best starting language out there if you plan on teaching yourself.

Tell us what you see yourself programming.

I use Java to make far more things than just applets. That sounds like more of a biased opinion than anything else.
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iago

Quote from: Tuberload on July 11, 2004, 03:11 AM
Quote from: Zeller on July 11, 2004, 01:16 AMYou do have a good question. Each language does have its own advantages. If you want to get into web aplets, learn java. C++ is good for application development. C# ( and other .net languages) are also great for aplication development and the best for web programming. If you have never programmed before, visual basic  is probably the best starting language out there if you plan on teaching yourself.

Tell us what you see yourself programming.

I use Java to make far more things than just applets. That sounds like more of a biased opinion than anything else.

That's exactly what I was going to say.  I hate Applets.  I also hate flash (when integrated with normal websites).  

But it's true, I don't really have a favourite language.  If I am writing an application, I use Java.  If I need low-level control, I use C/Assembly. Those are my top-3 favourites.
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deadly7

Quote from: Zeller on July 11, 2004, 01:16 AM
Tell us what you see yourself programming.

I see myself kinda starting out with some easy clickable things just to get the hang of it, possibly some other really pointless but bit more advanced programs, then I might try and make a bot.

Tuberload

Quote from: deadly7 on July 11, 2004, 12:24 PM
Quote from: Zeller on July 11, 2004, 01:16 AM
Tell us what you see yourself programming.

I see myself kinda starting out with some easy clickable things just to get the hang of it, possibly some other really pointless but bit more advanced programs, then I might try and make a bot.

Then Microsoft would probably be the best way to go because they have the easiest click able GUI designing IDE's available. Take your pick from C++/C#/J#/VB.

That is the one downside I have to Java is its GUI development. I don't particularly care to write out my GUI's because it is tedious, but I haven't found a good RAD IDE for it yet.
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dxoigmn

Quote from: Tuberload on July 11, 2004, 02:24 PM
I don't particularly care to write out my GUI's because it is tedious, but I haven't found a good RAD IDE for it yet.

When you do, be sure to post about it :)  I have been looking for one for awhile now.  Netbeans is nice, but it is tedious to work with so I usually end up writing all my GUIs by hand.

MyndFyre

Quote from: dxoigmn on July 11, 2004, 02:45 PM
Quote from: Tuberload on July 11, 2004, 02:24 PM
I don't particularly care to write out my GUI's because it is tedious, but I haven't found a good RAD IDE for it yet.

When you do, be sure to post about it :)  I have been looking for one for awhile now.  Netbeans is nice, but it is tedious to work with so I usually end up writing all my GUIs by hand.

Irony irony irony...

I have to admit there is some great IDE support in .NET, but lo and behold, I have been writing my own menu creation code.  I just got frustrated with some bugs in the library I use that prevent it from being used successfully as a Visual Studio designer library.  :-/`
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They need to make something where you write your GUIs in fully compliant CSS/XHTML and then can do DHTML stuff like this...

<input type="button" onClick="java:myfunc()" />
<input type="button" onClick="dotnet:myfunc()" />
<input type="button" onClick="python:myfunc()" />
<input type="button" onClick="brainfuck:myfunc()" />

K

Quote from: $t0rm on July 13, 2004, 12:01 AM
They need to make something where you write your GUIs in fully compliant CSS/XHTML and then can do DHTML stuff like this...

<input type="button" onClick="java:myfunc()" />
<input type="button" onClick="dotnet:myfunc()" />
<input type="button" onClick="python:myfunc()" />
<input type="button" onClick="brainfuck:myfunc()" />


You mean like Longhorn XAML?