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Dengar13

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Re: best beginners programming language

« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2010, 05:03:58 AM »

Thanks all for the Python links. This is what was recommended to learn at my Sec542 course and it seems like that's what I will be learning next.


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« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2010, 03:59:22 PM »

Going back to the link Don Posted:

Which would be better, Python2 or Python3?


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Re: best beginners programming language

« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2010, 06:50:52 AM »

Didn't know Python would be a popular candidate as a beginner language tbh. it's long since due that I started learning that one.

A question on the side: is Java a good language to begin with? It's what I recommended some of my mates since I find it a nice, easy to understand language.


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« Reply #18 on: April 08, 2010, 01:47:02 PM »

chrisj: It doesn't matter that much if you go for Python 2 or 3. Although there are obviously some differences, it won't be hard to pick up the other one if you have already learned the other one. If you are curious, you could also setup both. You will probably find more information and projects based on Python 2 tough.


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« Reply #19 on: April 08, 2010, 01:59:24 PM »

awesec: I was wondering. I opened up the first chapter of Dive into Python 3 yesterday and saw it talking about most nix boxes would have it. All my work and home boxes have python 2.x.

Left me a little confused, like php4 and php5 and perl 5 vs 6. Which to learn, what is out and usable.

Just based on what I'm seeing, I think I'm going to go with the python2 for now (when I get to it, have to brush up on shell first).