Best Programming Language to learn as a Beginner

Now you want to get into tech-savvy jobs like software engineering, Machine Learning, and Data Science

because you like them or that they are high paying.

Well, then you would have gone online and seen that the big bucks are made in the CS & IT industry and you will find that coding is desired and a prerequisite in a lot of these professions.

Programming languages can be best described as a set of rules or instructions for us to interact with computers and produce the desired result of a task that is easier for a machine and would have been labor-intensive for a human.

To Code you need a programming language but,

Which language to choose out of the plethora of choices?

Choices all depend on the field or domain in which you will work eg. Languages like  C and C++ are fast, efficient, and very light but a lot of programming is required to get anything done as they are a mid-level language on contrast python is a high-level language that is slow, and a heavy language but requires very less programming to get work done as it is closer to the English language.

Programming Languages like C, C++, C#, Java, Python, and Web Development languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, NodeJS, and libraries like bootstrap and react are all different kinds with different uses.

All programming languages have their advantages and disadvantages.

For example, it isn't necessarily a bad thing for C, C++ to require a lot of work as the field that uses these languages demands a fast response and low usage of computer and these fit the criteria, similarly python is used in the field of data science where the focus is on complex algorithms and thus it is required for the language to easy to use and which get a lot of work done in less code so it isn't a problem for it to be a little slower.

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Top Prerequisites To Choose From:

 

The various options/routes a young budding and aspiring programmer can go are to either choose a language like C/C++ or Java or Python, let’s look into detail these languages and why they are best recommended.

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1. C:

            C is generally the first language a lot of people learn, whether in the computer subject in school or before college, by taking extra classes. it’s also generally the first language taught in the college as it is required in the company exams and mnc's have this language as a prerequisite.

 

You can also learn this if in your college it is going to be taught earlier as it will be a great head start for you and learning this language makes the other ones seem easier

 

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2.C++:

             C++ is a fast, flexible, and light general-purpose programming language that is an extension to C that provide light and fast speeds like that of C language with the addition of more advanced and newer concepts like object-oriented programming (Link to OOP blog post) and is a great choice for those that are deeply interested in coding specifically competitive coding and windows related coding tasks and like to work in the production of fast software.

     

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3.Java:

          Java is a high-level programming language that is multi-purpose and object-oriented, it is used in a lot of places and is platform-independent, it is used for android and web applications and also in game development. It is also used in distributed IoT devices and appliances in which small-sized software's are required to run e.g., a smartwatch, washing machine's panel, smart TVs.

A major use is done by companies that need to make internal software for the company's internal usage.

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4. Python:

                  Python has long been deemed as the best beginner-friendly programming language. Python is considered to be very close to the English language and it has a very easy-to-use syntax that is great for a beginner, it does require indentation but aside from that, it’s great.

 

All these languages have great usage in the corporate world of the IT sector, these languages are supported by a large network of developers and programmers that work to maintain and improve these languages and provide additional modules e.g., NumPy in python and math module in java that help developers a lot so all in all these are great choices for a first programming language.

 

Side Note: Other programming languages can come into this category because of the niches in which they are used these languages are like the prerequisites in their field and if you want to work on any of those platforms/fields these can be a great starting point as well

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Swift:

           If you are someone who has taken a computer subject in school or are greatly interested in webpages HTML, CSS and JavaScript will be great choices in that regard as well.

HTML stands for hypertext markup language and its basics are easy to learn, it can be a great segue into the world of coding for someone deeply interested in webpages    

If you want to work on the iOS side Objective-C and Swift are great options as well !!!