Best first programming language

[Alan Dayley]

Even though I am not knowledgeable in the language, I think the best
first language for business is Java.  It is also good for a first
leaning experience for other reasons but it is popular in the business
application world.

For web applications, "in the cloud," Ruby seems to be a more and more
popular next language.

Alan

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 5:12 AM, Dennis Kibbe
<dennisk at li3-188.members.linode.com> 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
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