What's a good language for a beginner (that's not VB)

I was wondering if someone can recommend a good programing language for a beginner, but one that's not Visual basic. I was thinking about Python, but I don't know how good it is for coding GUI's, since that's what I'm interested in. Anyone has some recommendations? Please reply and thanks

Very basic programming, I'd go with bat scripting.

Belahzur wrote:

Very basic programming, I'd go with bat scripting.

Batch? How is that even considered a programming language, that's much more basic then VB and I wanted to learn something a little more advanced then VB (but still good for a beginner to programming, like Python). I know batch like back of my hand, it can't be used for much more then making shortcuts and displaying messages.

Visual Basic was my first language and I know some C++. Python I've found to be useless. Wasted a lot of money on books and classes which never turned out right (namely looping did not work at all). I'd probably go with C++.

Tried C++ a few times, was a little bit too complicated, that's why I was thinking about Python, I guess I'll stick with that for now and see how it turns out, hopefully I can make something useful in Python, after that I'll go with C++ again, thanks for the advice guys!

You're welcome.

Correction on my Python statement finally got around to figuring the problem out and it was the spacing so I'd probably recommend that.

If you're wanting to learn a programming languages that let's you create GUI's then try Java. It is a good beginner programming language, it let's you create GUI's, and if you run into any trouble you can easily find information and get help because it is a very popular language.

If you're wanting to learn a programming languages that let's you create GUI's then try Java.

I completely agree!

Java is a good choice. You can use it also to write applets and xlets ;)

I love Java. I never made anything personally useful until i had been programing for about 3 years. What do you guys do with your programming skills?

Java is a very high level language. It's syntax almost resembles English sentences. Support for GUI Programming is great too! You will not find much difficulty in learning this language. I learned Java for my first programming language.

For gui use Java Otherwise start with C or C++

Start with C++ or C it would be great

Python is one of the most widely-used high-level programming languages. This is mostly because it is simple, readable and you can use fewer lines of code to express a concept than you would have to with other languages. It is a scripting language which allows you to produce a lot of code in short periods of time. There are some great official tutorials which are easy to follow and there is less of an emphasis on syntax which would suit beginners.

I agree that Python is a great beginning choice. Sometimes the syntax distracts people from learning the core  concepts.

Another important thing I would like to recommend is that with whatever you choose, please try to stick to learning one language at a time.