whats a good computer language for a 13 year old to try to learn?

Question

i'm trying to learn a computer language, but don't know where to start. looking for a language that once i learn could give me a head start on learning any other computer language. i also need a reference to a god internet tutorial.

third to last word was meant to be ''good''

Answer 1

try good ol' BASIC

The syntax is not too difficult and it'll teach you fundamental programming logic.

The logic is the hardest part to learn. Once you are ready, you can move onto C++ and just learn the new syntax and details, but you'll have a sound logical programming background from using BASIC.

Answer 2

I would seriously recommend learning Java. In college, learning Java is the first step to becoming a computer science major. It is a step up from C and cleaner than C++ I think. And Java will definitely give your the foundation you need to be a great programmer.

I dont know if the following link will work for you, it is a diagram that shows the history of programming languages:
http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse142/CurrentQtr/handouts/slides/ch01.ppt#5

Here is the website of a computer science class (Java) at the University of Washington that I am currently taking. All of the lectures that we have had are posted on as powerpoints and all the assignments. Our textbook is also on that website:
http://www.cs.washington.edu/142

Also on that site check out the Useful Links section, my instructor has posted some Java tutorials.

I wish you the best of luck and applaud your head start on computer programming.

Answer 3

Start with something free like PHP. You can get some really good free editors and sources and it's pretty easy stuff. Then I think either Basic or C# are the easiest mainstream languages to learn (those two are almost identical these days and use the same compiler) Also if you have Microsoft Excel, it comes with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) built in. The beauty of it is you can record 'macros' for moving things around and adding things up and see how the code works. It's great for demonstrating to beginners the value of programming.

Answer 4

Hmm, i would suggest you to forget the first answers.

If you want to learn programming, start either using C or Java.

Java is nowadays used on schools and universities a lot.
C is an old but still very popular programming language.

Forget the tutorials on the web, just go to the next Libary, and get one book about C and one about Java. Read the introduction of both of them, and than learn that one that you like most.

Answer 5

Start with BASIC and then work into Visual Basic and then onward to SQL.
Here is a site where you can learn the form of basic for making video games.
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/BASIC/

Answer 6

Id do Java. Its not a very useful language but is very easy to learn. You could also try C.

Answer 7

I would recommend starting with VB.net. This is one of the easier languages to learn for windows. You can download VB.net 2005 express for free from microsoft and there are lots of tutorial web sites on this language, and you can always look at the MSDN library for reference. That's about as basic as it gets for windows apps.

Answer 8

Visual BASIC would be a great language to start with. BASIC stands for "BEGINNER'S All-purpose Symbolic Instructions Code" and is a standard "intro to programming" level language. Check out http://www.pscode.com for great sample codes. You would have to have the Visual BASIC software on your computer in order to run them.

Answer 9

Don't you listen to that lot. All it'll do is confuse the
heck out of you. Has me! :o)

Having said that, let me throw my own alternative
into the ring. It's quite fun, simple to learn, you can
do lots of useful and practical stuff with it, and it'll
also stand you in good stead when you want to tackle
something a little more highbrow.

Good luck!