Hey there! If you are here, apparently you’re trying to find your first programming language, right? Or probably you’re already a novice developer with a strong desire to open up some terra incognita with one more language to code with? Then this piece of information is for you. In this article we’ll give our 2 cents to help you make a good choice so you won’t go wrong.

In the Programming world there are plenty of languages that you can use. If you haven’t encountered  any of them before, you might be easily overwhelmed with the  sheer number – HTML5, CSS, SQL, Java, C, C++, C#, Python, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Perl, Visual Basic, Objective-C, Scala, Go, ASP.NET and many others – how not to get lost among all these titles? So to pick the one you’ll enjoy working with, and even more better, the one  you can be successful and raise your earning potential with, you have to evaluate the arguments as in any case that you’ll invest your time and money into.

So first, consider these points to clarify what do you expect from the programming language:

• application

If flexibility in your career is essential, you should work with languages that are applied in major types of programming, starting with web development and building embedded systems, up to creating games.

• salary

Money drives everybody, that’s a common fact, but if it’s the cornerstone of your choice, your way won’t be easy. The harder you learn, the more you get paid.

• popularity

You have a chance to find more easy-to-understand tutorials and materials to look through if you choose a language of a high usage.

Now, let’s get  closer to the languages to understand what they are like.

To be an all-round developer you should be knowledgeable with ‘languages’ which are used while writing Websites.

So, here we go:

HTML/HTML5

Whatever language you choose to start with, anyway you will still need to know at least a little of HTML to be able to go on. In general, it is the core technology for building Webpages. It provides the page’s structure and organizes the position of elements in the page. This one is very easy to learn, thereby extremely easy to start with. But still you need to go further, so do not stop here.

CSS

To be sure-footed at your first stage, you need to know some CSS. This language is used to style HTML, for example, to set colors, layout, font size. It allows you adapt the presentation to different types of devices, such as large screens, small screens, or printers.

SQL

This one is used to communicate with databases. If you’re eager to get to the bottom of the programming world, you should learn SQL no matter whatever language you choose.

Now we’ll get a view of the languages that is a little bit more serious but nevertheless more awesome.

C

According to the 2016 IEEE spectrum Top Programming Language ranking this language is the most popular to learn. C is a powerful all-purpose programming language and it works in all platforms. C is used for a great deal of applications starting from Operating systems like Windows and iOS, to a software tool that is used to create 3D movies. Keep it in mind: being familiarized with C, you will  learn C++ easily. Languages like Java and C# resemble C and C++. The greatest reason to learn C is that if you know C and C++ programming, you could switch to any other language without effort.

C++

C++ takes the 4th position in popularity according to the 2016 IEEE spectrum Top Programming Language ranking. Plenty of modern operating systems, system drivers, browsers, and games use C++ as their core language. By the way, while learning the C++ language, you enlarge your knowledge on computer architecture.

Python

Python is a widely used high-level general-purpose language. It is used to create Web apps, desktop graphical user interfaces, and even a search engine! It has easy-to-use syntax, so it is a easy to learn programming language.

Java

Well, this one is really the #1 programming language. It is utilized to develop and deliver content on the Web. Java has much in common with C and C++ in its syntax, but it is simplified and easier to catch.

C#

C# is a well-built programming language, but a lot of people hold prejudice against С# just because it is a Microsoft product. You can create apps in almost any environment working with this language. We can apply C# to develop iOS, Android and Mac apps. Besides, C# is rather often used among game developers.

Ruby

Ruby is dynamic, general-purpose, simple and productive programming language. Concise and readable, it is easy to understand and good to start with. The major part of software is written in the Ruby on Rails web framework.

PHP

PHP is one of the simplest server-side scripting languages created for web development. With the help of PHP you can make dynamic web page content. It is pretty often combined with HTML. PHP is highly simple for a newcomer and still offers a lot of advanced features for a skilled developer.

Objective-C

I would find at least one strange person who would say, ‘Hmm, it is good and I don’t have a clue why people hate it’. At the first sight, Objective-C may seem a little complicated, but that’s often just the syntax. It’s very simple, elegant and powerful. It’s just a thin syntactic layer over C (or C++) plus a very smart core library. Objective-C is used to build apps for iOS, Macs. If this is what you want to do, learn Objective-C.

Whatever you choose, remember this – good programmers aren’t paid a lot because they memorize syntax. They’re paid for their ability to logically understand, articulate, and abstract complex problems. Just try and you will doubtlessly find your own way!

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