Your favorite programming language?

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According to PHP is best programming language to learn.
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  • PHP is far from being the best language to start from (in my opinion).

    C or C++ if you prefer an OOP (object oriented programing) are better language to get you started. They have better structure and more rules that you need to follow. After learn this you will easily learn different languages syntax and rules.

    I have no doubt that different programmers will have different opinions as every one has his preferences. To give an example if i only wanted to be a web designer i would start at HTML5 + CSS and some JavaScript. After that, to get dynamic pages and store information (users of the site, their info...), will need to learn PHP and MySQL. Both free to use.

    So define what you want and search whats best and needed to get you there.

    Thx for the great forum, still a newbie arround IM
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    • I agree. php is more flexible and more secure comparing to other languages
  • Yes, I agree PHP is so far the best programming language available at free of cost that can be get easily from the market. Its coding style is quiet easy to understandable and it is very efficient on multi-platforms like Windows, Linux, and UNIX etc.
  • hasn't this question been asked before?
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    • Not just in this forum.
  • ASP.NET C# is one of the best for windows environment and PHP is the best for other environment.
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  • Depends on the kind of software you wanna build.

    If you're looking at developing websites and web apps, PHP is the way to go. Learning JS and ajax are essential.

    If you wanna build automation software, try your hand at function programming, namely Erlang. If you get the hang of it correctly, you'll be able to build massively paralleled, fault tolerant software.

    For mediocre Desktop-based apps, any language within the .Net framework would suffice, C# being the most popular.

    Seeing Scrapebox and Xrumer's efficiency in terms of multithreading, Lazarus Delphi needs a worthy mention. Won't find worthwhile material though.

    QUESTION: Ever run f*ing 500 threads of C# or VB.net???? HAH!!! I've done so effortlessly in scrapebox a million times.
    That's where the others a re GREAT, and Mycrowsaufte sucks...
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  • I like PHP, HTML and ASP these are my favorite languages.
  • My favorite language is C++ And Asp.Net C#. Because it is multiple platform supported languages and easy to learn. We Could make great future in these programming languages.
  • I like PHP,Vb both are my favorite languages.
  • I have built my business using PHP, but Python is definitely gaining a lot of ground these days.
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    • PHP is widely used. It's easy to learn, for a programming language. It is very popular in the open source world, where applications like WordPress and Drupal live. One reason is that PHP is itself open source. Learning PHP can help you:
      · Understand how the Web really works
      · Understand business value on the web
      · Install and manage software
      · Customize and extend software
      · Write your own programs
      · Work with others more effectively
      · Decide on a career.
      Now a day PHP is quite well-known inside programmers due to its effortless program code and also excellent characteristics.
    • Python has been around for awhile.... you're just now discovering it.
  • I think Joomla is the good language
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    • joomla its CMS, not language
    • :confused: Wow - I guess Joomla is a language now huh.... Joomla is a CMS written mainly in php.
    • My friend joomla is not language its a CMS which is made in PHP server side language. So don,t say Joomla is language. PHP is not language while its an server side scripting language.
      PHP is open source.
      Cheers

    • Joomla is not a programming language. Its a CMS which is used for managing content for a website easily. PHP is one of the best language according to me because we can have good support of CMS like Joomla, Magento and Wordpress with it.
    • Joomla isn't a language though. It's a software CMS package written in php. And since I'm replying to this, I may as well add my two cents...

      for what I do, (web "stuff"), php is by far the best. Compared to classic ASP, which is what I started with, it is more powerful and doesn't have nearly the hassles associated with that crap web-server IIS. Try writing a multi-file uploader in asp. Want to throw in a ajax status bar? Forget it! Want to make a string proper-case in asp? You'll be writing a function for that. With php, all those simple manipulations are built-in.

      Then you get to cost. PHP is free, mysql is free, both are open-source so any security holes are known and patched (arguably). Windows is not free, SQL is very expensive if you license it correctly - hell, the servers are too and once you pay all that money, you are locked in to a specific vendor. With php, I can think of at least 6 different OSes that I run it on, under 2 different webservers and a number of db servers (yes, including MSSQL). That level of flexibility is pretty hard to beat.

      .net seems nice, but I think its a big fat bloated pig. I'm not a .net programmer so my knowledge is limited but it appears that it comes with a big ol' framework attached to it. Nice if you are going to use it, but its just bloat-ware if not.

      The new version of php supports namespaces so for OO guys (and gals) its nice to see that.
  • Asp.net is good language rather then php.
  • I would prefer to work with language php but sometimes as per clients requirement i would prefer to use asp.net too
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  • PHP and Java
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    • ASP.Net / C#.Net & VB.Net
    • +1 I've tried ASP and C++ but I didn't really like it as much.
  • i prefer PHP
  • C++ is my favorite
  • PHP is my favorite language.
    I'm not expert on it but trying to learn .
  • I love coding in C++ and Java
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  • My favorite is Basic because It was my first language
  • According to the sentence makes no sense.
  • C++ is my favorite
  • I love coding in Java
  • I agree with PHP, it's really easy to learn and it's useful, since all is all over the internet.
  • My favorite is PHP, It's being used all over the world . Without PHP we could not use this forum
  • PHP is my favorite
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    • C# is my favorite to program in. Pretty much anything on the .NET framework.
  • My Favourite Language is HTML . it is easy to use and remember.
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  • PHP is best programming language.
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  • PHP is best for web based programming

    Java is the world best language because it's use in Mobile, Independence platform etc (Java Developer Have High $$$$ paying than any other language developer)


    MY favorite is: what i will be learning at current time
  • i like Advance java - Servlet ,Jsp most.
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  • My fave is Zx Spectrum Basic, I was going to say you can write stuff like Sabrewulf with it, until I realised that was machine code. Oh well :-)
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    • I like PHP, Html and java.PHP is open source language while java belongs to sunmicros, and dot net to microsoft..
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  • Mostly I like PHP, C#, C/C++. They are really powerful programming languages.
  • The programming language i learned was ruby. It is also the one i liked at most.
    I just need to learn the web automation stuff with it.
  • LOLCODE, definitely.
  • Hi

    My favorite programming language is c,c++ and OOPS.
  • My favourite is definitely C#
  • My favorite is also PHP, but you cannot say that It's the best programming language out there, there's no such thing every language has It's own uses
  • Java is my favorite
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    • NO BARRACK OBAMA IS THE BEST PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE!@!

      You sick, twisted freak...
      It is seriously the worst language out to program GUI on, or program full stop.

      OK I have a perfect assignment for you. You know the Windows Calculator, try and replicate it (I had to do this for an assignment in Java).

      Replicate it so that when you click from standard to scientific it enlarges into the scientific version and the buttons change to reflect the scientific version, also make it look exactly the same.

      I managed to pull it off, however was the biggest brain f#$k I've ever had to deal with and took me around 3 weeks.

      Now go try and do the same on QT or some other C++ libraries and you can do it in a day and it STILL looks better.

      C++ is my language of choice, mostly because it's C in a pretty dress and the closest thing to Assembly Code you can get.

      Aside from that, if you REALLY want to learn how to program -> go learn Assembly Code.




      edit: side note:
      Joomla, Drupal, and Wordpress are not programming languages.
      HTML, CSS, Javascript etc are not programming languages.
      Scripting languages are scripting languages NOT PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
      Barrack Obama is El'Presidente not a real programming language.
  • C# Rocks ! It's my favorite for Desktop Applications . I like ASP.NET too
  • My favorite is C++ because I started programming with It in college
  • The most fun programming language for me is Javascript, because it lets you create the coolest stuff, IMO. Any kind of web app, you can do it in Javascript. It makes sense semantically, it's easy to write, but there's a lot of advanced stuff you can do with it.
    It helps to be really good at a language
  • I like both PHP and Java, they are my favorites
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  • A tough one but in whole I'll have to say AS3.
  • I like to work with PHP.
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    PHP with MySql combination,no doubt and no confusion,
    I love this language more than my GF.
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  • I like PHP and JavaScript most.
  • You cannot go wrong with PHP.
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  • I like PHP, HTML
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  • All hail PHP!
  • I agree that PHP is more flexible programming language than others, but I would recommend for the Java. This is also one of the language which still rules and is yet in use mostly by the developers, due to its features as well as due to its compatibility.
  • PHP is my favorite, It's amazing what you can do with it. I've created API's, Proxy Scanners, Data migration tools, websites, Forms, Scrappers, etc.
  • PHP =)
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    • It depends on what kind of software I am writing.

      Ruby on Rails for web applications. Prefer over PHP, but PHP is more widely used.

      C# for Windows desktop apps, including games.

      C/C++ for embedded software.

      I haven't done any mobile apps, but I'd lean towards Objective-C
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  • After HTML, PHP is indeed the easiest to learn.... and javascript is not so bad either.
    But PHP is always my fav
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    • I love C#.NET and VB.NET
      Now, I'm try to moving to PHP.
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  • php is best to learn & work.
  • php is free.
    php is open source.
    php is easy to code.
  • i would say i love PHP. but currently i am stick with ASP.net instead.
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  • C# because the compiler traps the majority of bugs. PHP is OK but it's not 2002 anymore.

    I don't know why PHP has so many fanboys, C# on your resume is worth a whole lot more.
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    • Unless you're interviewing for a web developer position. C# is nice and all but it's not the ideal language for server-side scripting

      People forget that every language has a specific purpose. C# is for developing client-side software, PHP is for server-side scripting. Apples and oranges.
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  • I'm familiar to several programming languages and my famous is definitely PHP.
  • I like php the best because it is very easy to learn and script
  • My favorite is PHP, It's being used all over the world . Without PHP we could not use this forum.
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  • I program a lot using Visual Foxpro for data manipulation in a desktop environment, but it depends on the end result. Horses for courses as we say in the UK. Use the best tool for the job. For web dev's I use the Drupal framework with custom PHP and java.
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    • My favorite language is AutoIt, which is used for automating tasks. It's simple and fun, but also very powerful. I have created macros with it that copy and paste text from hundreds of pages on a site, aimbots for games, and filling out job applications online to multiple cities and states, but the possibilities are really so endless.

      I heard of a guy that used it on his PC to punch into work for him at a preset time.
  • I currently get paid mostly to write stuff with PHP and Perl (and shell scripts). The second group would be Ruby + RoR. Then JS (inside node.js). To learn programming it's important to pick one language to learn the concepts (functions, variables, memory usage, &c) After that switching to a new one is really a small matter of reference materials and syntax. Frame-works (which sit on top of languages) have similar pattern and you can cross those boundaries pretty easily after a few years coding.
  • Hi
    One of the most favourite PHp language, Everyone does appreciate it indeed..
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  • PHP and JAVA are best programming language. you can visit at w3school for PHP.
  • This really depends on what the purpose of the app is going to be. As a web developer my goto language is PHP, but I would throw in Objective C as well. However I am not in the market for iOS app development and I cringe at the thought of ever having to to do anything for an ASP/.Net server...Microsoft....ooooouch!
  • My favorite is by far C#
  • one vote for VB.NET....
  • .NET and PHP...
  • ASP.NET + c# ))
  • I have red c,c++ , cobol, html and recently i studied the the complete dot net programming language which have so many rich feature can't be explain here. we can divide the dot net in the mainly four parts and they are as listed below.
    1. c#, Microsoft SQL and the ADO.NET which together make the perfect platform to develop Windows based application.
    2. WPF Windows Presentation Foundation which is used to develop the Windows application it is the most important and the most difficult part of the DOP NET.
    3.) ASP.NET, as we all know that used to develop the web application and SQL is the database used with the this.
    4.) WCF stands for the windows communication foundation which is basically used to develop the services. For example chat messenger is a service and the currency converter is also a service which can be made in the WCF.
  • the most challenging and interesting one is Objective C
  • C# is by far my favorite
  • C++ and Java.
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