Ive always been curious about programming though i have not had the courage to voice out im a UNIBEN Electrical/Ekectronics engineering student based i Abuja would love to Learn programming not as a source of income but just to add to my knowledge, Would welcome any form of assistance whatsoever still contemplating between C++ and Java, its co confusing would really need advice as a begineer and also a path,

for a newbie java is not a starting point.

@ bigstar if that be the case where is a good start?

Big Star:

for a newbie java is not a starting point.

Big lie

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@poster. There is no single path to follow to becoming a programmer, but like ever other field of knowledge u need 2 ingredients.
1. Curiousity. &
2. Determination.
My advice take,it or leave it , is to start with HTML coding and move up to Javascript. Good luck.

@poster, good idea to learn programming, start from somewhere, dont rely on this is good or not, dont hesitate to read old threads here on different programming languages, then you contact the originators of the post based on their ability, they may put you through

I know one dhtml here that is good, though he is always deleting my post as a moderator lol

As a beginner, I will advice you to start with VB.net cos OOP is much easier to start with

Python is quite easier to start with than Java (my personal preference though). It is better inclined towards being Natural language like your normal English than Java. The final decision is yours. Perhaps you should rather check it out?

blacksta:

Big lie

tell me how?
imagine what others that know what i'm saying say about it.

@poster I startes my own with QBASIC now i know where i am.
Benefit of starting with QBASIC:
To me i discover it makes me very vast in code since it's just command and command alone.
But i discovered that many ppl arround me that wants to start learning programming with oop spend most of the time on design. As such, they are not as good in coding as expected.
best of luck.
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@Poster

Start with Python

it is obvious that java is harder compared to python

I have tried both and i expect anyone with experiences working with both to recommend python for beginners
python is like english language, a non-programmer can read the codes and tell what it does (in most cases)