just from my experience the bigger languages for business apps are Visual Basic PHP Java c/c++ ASP On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 5:12 AM, Dennis Kibbe wrote: > I searched the archive but didn't find a previous discussion about this. > > A friend who graduates from high school next week wants to take a summer course in programming. His goal is to become a business applications programmer. > > He asked me what language he should start with. I'd guess the prgramming landscape is changing with more services going into the cloud. > > Joseph, Hans, Charles I'm sure you have opinoins and I welcome anyone elses. > > My friend, Ian isn't on the list so I'll point him to gmane.org to follow the discussion. > > dennisk > > -- > "Free Software, Free Society" > Free Software Foundation > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss