Hi, I am new to any programming language, actually I know nothing about programming at all. And I was thinking to start with one. Is it possible to start programming from the very beginning with python, for example? Or I need to learn some basics before studying such languages? Thanks in advance
starting with python is no problem. it's real simple and perfect for beginners. Got a friend who started with python about a month ago (studying at university of oslo and had no previous programming experience), they're using this book. folk.uio.no/hpl/INF1100/INF1100-ebook-Aug08.pdf (cant post links on this forum, so just add http:// infront.)
You can go to some good computer books site and you will find lots of books just read 1 do few exercise and tats it
Python is really nice! It's prolly my favorite programming language... Although if you are planning on making websites, I'd suggest PHP, that way you can be familiar with the C style scripting language, which would put you in a good position to learn C, JavaScript, Java, ASP, etc... Python really is a different beast, very clean structure... not appreciated if you are not familiar with traditional C style sytaxes...
Python is good for beginners , but try to learn PHP it's the perfect language to make a good web site
i learn other programming language and never learn and know python, can someone tell me what software can python make?
Google Really. "Python has been an important part of Google since the beginning, and remains so as the system grows and evolves. Today dozens of Google engineers use Python, and we're looking for more people with skills in this language." said Peter Norvig, director of search quality at Google, Inc. http://www.python.org/about/quotes/
Python is a great language for beginners for two reasons: 1. It's easy to start with. 2. No matter how good you get at programming, Python doesn't lose its usefulness. In other words, just because it's a good beginner's language doesn't mean it's not a good master's language.
good news I know html and even a bit of css. but I have never start python or any other program lang. I guess Python and other program languages are something absolutely different comparing to html. I have heard dozens of good comments about PHP but I wanted to start with something else just because they all love PHP And about google I have read Peter Norvig saying (maybe it was a joke) : "And about PHP, yes we have one page written on PHP, that is the page where we are ordering pizza"
Yeup, Google uses Python a lot, they even hired the inventor of Python to be there master Python person for their company. They also use C,C++ extensively. I believe what drives there main search capabilities is c,c++ ... and python drives a lot of their widget etc. You should learn PHP forget Python for the moment. Though you can use Python in many ways, like creating dynamic websites, using it as a server-side scripting language much like PHP, it is harder to implement then PHP. Because PHP is built for the web. Python was built for the desktop. You don't want to deal with that... plus PHP would give you a good foundation for other languages. So after you learn PHP you can easily do Perl, Java or C... Also then you can learn Python easier, and experience the beauty of her syntax =)
Don't learn PHP first. It is a scripting language and you will not learn the fundamentals of programming. You want to learn the fundamentals before you pick up a scripting language. For fundamentals I suggest Python, Java or C#.