What languages Should I learn this summer?

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I have 4 months off from school this summer and I want to learn some languages. I have no programming experience. I have no idea how many different categories of languages there are. I'm looking at python, coldfusion and sql right now. Are they the best at what they do? Any other language?
 


Learn whatever language interests you. Programming takes a lot of patience and it won't help if you force yourself to learn it without a personal passion towards it. Also, are you looking to acquire these skill sets to contribute value to a certain career you wish to explore? In any case, good luck!
 
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Learn whatever language interests you. Programming takes a lot of patience and it won't help if you force yourself to learn it without a personal passion towards it. Also, are you looking to acquire these skill sets to contribute value to a certain career you wish to explore? In any case, good luck!
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part of this is for IM and part of this is to see if i have a passion for programming. I've been interested in writing code and having it do something. i like automating stuff as well. it was very simple code but nonetheless i liked it. so i want to get into something more complex.
 
aim high said:
part of this is for IM and part of this is to see if i have a passion for programming. I've been interested in writing code and having it do something. i like automating stuff as well. it was very simple code but nonetheless i liked it. so i want to get into something more complex.
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You'll want to know MySQL if you want to get in to informatics after school.
 
If you want to learn something relevant to IM and most of the jobs you'll ever have, PHP+MySQL is the way to go. Writing a simple blog is a good first project- login systems, table relations and the fundementals of designing apps for server side processing are all key skills you'll need moving forward.

If you're just trying to decide if you like coding, I'd suggest Ruby. It's hard to learn, at first, and not particularly useful (few employers use it), but IMO it's the funnest code to write.
 
aim high said:
part of this is for IM and part of this is to see if i have a passion for programming. I've been interested in writing code and having it do something. i like automating stuff as well. it was very simple code but nonetheless i liked it. so i want to get into something more complex.
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IM as in 'Instant messaging' -- You can use Microsoft Visual Basic 6 for this, or Visual Basic .NET, generally at least. If you do decide to pick up books, O'Reilly would be a trusted source for quality content teaching material. Best of luck!
 
GrindHard said:
IM as in 'Instant messaging' -- You can use Microsoft Visual Basic 6 for this, or Visual Basic .NET, generally at least. If you do decide to pick up books, O'Reilly would be a trusted source for quality content teaching material. Best of luck!
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haha. IM as in internet marketing lol
 
LISP and prolog FTW

also russian, so you can communicate with your russian/ukrainian programmers and fuck the women there when you go to visit their offices
 
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