Choosing a Language
If you’re comfortable enough with a computer to prepare a nice-looking résumé, balance a checkbook, or share your vacation photos on Facebook, you can write computer programs.
The key to learning how to program is to start with the right language. The programming language you choose often depends on the tasks you want to accomplish. Each language has strengths and weaknesses. For many years, people learned to program with some form of the BASIC language because the language was created with beginners in mind.
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The BASIC language was invented in the 1960s to be easy for students and beginners to learn (the B in BASIC stands for Beginner’s). The downside to using some form of BASIC is that it’s easy to fall into sloppy ...
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