What languages needed for Linux

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What programming languages should we know to professionally work with linux

[NathanB]

Become very skilled in the ones at the very top of this list:

http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/conte...pci/index.html

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I dont really think java is more needed than perl python in linux :S

[NathanB]

I dont really think java is more needed than perl python in linux :S

If you can't understand a relation as simple as...

(Java)18.509% > (Python)5.679%

...then you'll probably want to begin your learning adventure here:

http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=.../what_is_alice

...or maybe here:

http://scratch.mit.edu/

After you understand the basics, please consult this sticky thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1006662

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Programming Tools

    * Writing conventions for most languages
    * IDE/Editors in Linux/Ubuntu
    * WYSIWYG Editors for Linux
    * GUI Toolkits for Linux
    * FAQ: Python, Perl, Ruby, PHP, Java etc to Native Code


Individual Languages
C and C++:

    * FAQ: Compiling your first C or C++ programs
    * FAQ: Troubleshooting common C and C++ compilation errors

C#:

    * FAQ: Compiling and Running your First C# Program

Java:

    * FAQ: Compiling and Running Java Programs

Various Scripting Languages: [Python/Perl/Ruby/PHP/etc]

    * FAQ: Scripting Languages - How to get up and running, not how to learn. 

Lots of luck to you.

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all I'm just saying is does the efficient use of linux is based on market shares of programming languages ?

[Some Penguin]

I dont really think java is more needed than perl python in linux :S

And what evidence do you have for your thinking?

[santosh83]

What programming languages should we know to professionally work with linux

Depends on what type of programming you might expect to do under Linux but I guess that you'd need working knowledge of C, Python, Perl and sh, as a minimum.

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All I want to use linux systems efficiently. No taking sides, web developer or music developer or programmer or etc. What's the common languages for all of them

[NathanB]

all I'm just saying is does the efficient use of linux is based on market shares of programming languages ?

In your original post, you said this: "What programming languages should we know to professionally work with linux"

So, yes, in the general case, market forces determine what languages you should learn to have a greater chance of landing your preferred job. After all, it is nearly always going to be your employer who tells you what language you will be coding in. Also, most of the time you never get the chance to write new code [this is as much true in the Open Source Linux world as with the Microsoft arena]; you'll be maintaining (debugging/patching) existing codebases that were written X years ago.

However, in the specific case, you can go your own path and specialise in whatever language is your favourite, but you will be narrowing your employment opportunities by a large degree.

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I dont need any jobs about this. I'm just doing it for hobby or maybe more. But not for somebody