Which programming language is easy to start and make foundation.

[MOHSIN HADI]

Assalamoalikum.
I am learning PHP right now,I want to clear some points.

1)Is PHP can help me to learn an other programming language or it is easy to learn another programming language for me after doing it?
2)Which programming language is best to go after PHP?(I want to be take it as my profession so I want to know about the language which has good scope and widely used)
3)Is PHP is future proof if I just stick to it?

 

[sethsahab]

Php is a good language just clear your concepts about OOP it will be your biggest plus point ... PHP is easy to learn language ... after completing php learn codeigniter and YII frameworks... and IMO you should learn objective C ...

 

[MOHSIN HADI]

@sethsahab Thanks brother but what are the real world examples of Objective C?

 

[saqibdb]

Objective-C!!! iPhone Development market is shifting away from the Objective-C and towards swift.

 

[sethsahab]

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@sethsahab Thanks brother but what are the real world examples of Objective C?

objective C is used for iOS APP development...

 

[furball]

learning new language is not difficult. if you want to become expert in programming learn problem solving ,oop , data structures. Don't run after learning lots of languages it will not help

 

[staticPointer]

i say that learn C/C++ [whatever u like] then jump into java aftr tht jump into data structures then goto web code writing !!!!

 

[wickedknock]

ok first of all , starting with php as a first programming language is suicide unless you only want to stick with it , starting with java will make you bleed and doing c++ will do you no good if you want to later make websites , i suggest starting with c# which is almost java but without its weakneses and will get you ready for all the functionality of a modern language from lamdas to generics , and as sethsahab said in php you will need oop when using a framework because php frameworks are built upon it , For objective c you will need a mac or a virtual setup and will make things worse if you want to switch , but dont forget php is a non strict type language as it is interpreted not compiled , search about it .

The above recommendations are my personal views and should not be taken seriously

 

[Ovais909]

I started with HTML/CSS and now learning java-script :baby:

 

[The Alchemist]

I would suggest python or ruby for beginners. Checkout courses on coursera
The code is easy to write, short and easy to understand.

In addition you can then work on web app frameworks offered in these languages.

 

[layfon]

Don't learn php, master it then move on to next language - everything would be easy if you know in and outs of one language.

Important points in it would OOP and Database designing etc once you are good in them you should learn frameworks like laravel and codeigniter

They would make you become better programmer especially laravel - once you are confident that you can make anything in php you can move on to something new

But seriously I think a year or two wouldn't be enough to be master in PHP so for now I would suggest to stick with it

 

[Cerberus]

yes start with c or c++. I prefer C++ its just same with different keywords
then move to java or whatever you prefer [MENTION=15925]MOHSIN HADI[/MENTION]

 

[bilalshaw]

php is good but only continue learning if you want to be productive soon after learning it.

But if you have time at your side and can spend few more weeks/months then start with C.
Yes C has proved to be the best tutor of all the computer languages out there. Don't go deep, just do the basics. I recommend Yashawant Kanetkar's guide 'Let Us C'.
Its a 2-3 weeks job.

Then start C++ with the OOP approach for which you might need a tutor or maybe not, depending on the level of your learning ability.
C++ OOP may take longer since OOP concepts are the core to high-level programming.

After you are done with C++ with OOP, I assure, you can learn any other language out there. May it be C#.NET, ASP.NET, php, JAVA, Python etc

Best of luck.

 

[Tesseract]

well php is just a web developing language ..
if you want programming or coding i will advice you visualbasic .net a very easy language and it will help you then c# and after that what you want you can !

 

[kashifji]

if u ll learn c++ first then learning other languages will be piece of cake for u.lot of features which are built in in java,c# and other languages and u ll use them blindly, u ll have do them yourself in c++.as compared with c# and java , c++ is lower level language.

 

[extremeboy]

Simple learn what what you want to achieve actually

If want to be Mobile Developer go with JAVA for Android and SWIFT FOR IOS

For Web RELATED : I recommend hard core languages java,javascript frameworks,Ruby

For front end: PHP with JAVASCRIPT and CSS is best.

For core level works: JAVA,python,C++


Do any one thing is better else you will be ruined most probably.