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posted by martyb on Friday November 04 2016, @07:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the choose-logically dept.

We've had this question asked before I believe but it does no harm in asking it again and again. After all, opinions change as does the software ecosystem. Quincy Larson of FreeCodeCamp.com asked this question via Medium: What programming language should you learn first? He thinks JavaScript is the way to go and his arguments are cogent and well thought out. However, I am somewhat hesitant to suggest someone learn to code in JavaScript first. My first programming language (in 1981!) was Fortran on a Control Data mainframe. The interactive environment the OS provided was pretty simple and the language provided few opportunities to hang yourself. JavaScript, by comparison, while it may not have those evil pointers of C/C++, it offers functional features and plenty of rope to hang oneself.

So, opinions please.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 04 2016, @10:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 04 2016, @10:43PM (#422658)

    Javascipt == French? My God, what does that make English???

  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 04 2016, @11:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 04 2016, @11:30PM (#422674)

    According to a fortune I saw today, English is the language in which "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing. And in which we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway.

    • (Score: 4, Informative) by kazzie on Saturday November 05 2016, @08:05AM

      by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 05 2016, @08:05AM (#422769)

      English is the language in which ... we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway.

      Not in England you don't: You go to a parkway to catch a train [wikipedia.org]!

  • (Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Saturday November 05 2016, @12:28AM

    by bzipitidoo (4388) on Saturday November 05 2016, @12:28AM (#422692) Journal

    Brainfuck.