Please offer programming language suggestions

[aqualion]

I would like to learn to program. What language should I begin with? What IDE should I begin with? What book or ebook should I begin with?

[r-senior]

You should begin with the sticky post at the top of the forum. The one entitled "Programming Guides and Basics - Read Me First".

It's only fair to warn you that, in the entire history of the internet, nobody who has ever asked this question on a programming forum has ever received a simple, unbiased answer that led them to a clear path of enlightenment and discovery.

[iMac71]

I suggest python; it's preinstalled, hence you can invoke it simply typing

python

in a Terminal window.
You may install its IDE, called IDLE, simply typing

sudo apt-get install -y idle

in a Terminal window.
And you should begin with its tutorial.

[aqualion]

You should begin with the sticky post at the top of the forum. The one entitled "Programming Guides and Basics - Read Me First".

Thank you. I followed several of those links (one is now a dead end) and came to the MonoDevelop IDE. The Ubuntu Software Center says that it is a Gnome IDE. Does that mean that I have to have the Gnome desktop environment running or does it mean something else?

[iMac71]

I followed several of those links (one is now a dead end) and came to the MonoDevelop IDE. The Ubuntu Software Center says that it is a Gnome IDE. Does that mean that I have to have the Gnome desktop environment running or does it mean something else?

Ubuntu is GNOME-based, hence you may install MonoDevelop IDE without installing Gnome Desktop Environment.

[slickymaster]

I suggest you to read these two articles.

Tips on choosing a programming language to learn
Strategies for learning programming languages - what works and what doesn't

[Mikeb85]

I would like to learn to program. What language should I begin with? What IDE should I begin with? What book or ebook should I begin with?

Javascript (Node.js), Python or Ruby. All are easy to install, and there are plenty of free learning resources out there. Codecademy, Rubymonk are two websites I used.

Don't worry about IDEs, start with the command line and Text Editor.

[Habitual]

What IDE should I begin with?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integra...nt_environment

[aqualion]

Don't worry about IDEs, start with the command line and Text Editor.

May I ask why not an IDE?

[DaviesX]

Cause linuxers typically don't use IDEs. But I don't care. IDEs makes your life easier.
If you want to do low-level development, it won't go wrong to start with c and then c++.
code::blocks is a good IDE for c/c++ available in ubuntu.