Easiest Programming Language?

[ctult]

I am teaching a programming class. What is the simplest programming language to learn and use?

[Rytron]

HTML (although perhaps not strictly a programming language).

You could consider python. Try this to make the code:

sudo apt-get install idle

[ctult]

No, I can not use html, or else I would.

EDIT: Python I am considering.

[Iowan]

Basic used to be the starting language (I started with Fortran in college).

[switch10]

Hi,
there is a program out there called "scratch". windows and mac only right now, but it runs great in wine. it was developed by some computer scientists at MIT. It is awesome for learning the basics. Basically you drag and drop variables and such into an area and make a sprite move, talk or whatever. here is the website: www.scratch.mit.edu I would recommend downloading a few of the examples just to see how it works.

I'm currently learning C right now, and this program helped me so much.

Hope that helps

Dave

[ctult]

Hi,
there is a program out there called "scratch". windows and mac only right now, but it runs great in wine. it was developed by some computer scientists at MIT. It is awesome for learning the basics. Basically you drag and drop variables and such into an area and make a sprite move, talk or whatever. here is the website: www.scratch.mit.edu I would recommend downloading a few of the examples just to see how it works.

I'm currently learning C right now, and this program helped me so much.

Hope that helps

Dave

I am using scratch at the beginning of the year

[3rdalbum]

Forget BASIC.

Use Python. It's an excellent language - very flexible, very quick to write and debug, and it's used extensively throughout Ubuntu.

[pbrane]

I would think that the best language to use for your class would depend on what you are trying to teach. Python is an excellent high level language, but C is probably the most used language. I personally think C is a great language to learn, as it consists only of it's operators. Even the C Standard Library itself is written in C. Having said that, pointers can be tricky to learn, but quite powerful once mastered.

If you are teaching basic programming constructs then probably Python would be a good choice. And I agree with 3rdalbum, forget BASIC.

[Land Rover Series 3]

Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC)

[Krupski]

Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC)

10 FOR X = 1 TO 100
20 PRINT "I will not talk in class"
30 NEXT X


All done!