Learning a programming language

franco_22 · 7 Dec 2011 at 19:06

So I'm looking for something to do with my spare time and I wanted to do something productive as opposed to gaming or watching TV, I want to learn a useful programming language and specific I would love to learn how to develop Mobile Phone/Table Apps.

Does anyone in this forum have any knowledge of it and know which programming language would be useful to learn for a complete beginner? I was thinking about C#.

franco_22 · 7 Dec 2011 at 19:39

Thanks ^^

franco_22 · 8 Dec 2011 at 11:57

kierenharrold said:
There's basically two options.
Android development using Java or, iOS development using Objective-C. They are both great languages to learn without any past experience, but you need an intel based mac to do iOS development.

EDIT* Also the Stanford University lectures are great way to started

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkMDCCdjyW8&feature=channel_video_title

Thanks, I don't own a mac so I guess I'll have to stick with Java

Really looking forward to getting started in this.

franco_22 · 9 Dec 2011 at 16:10

The Asgard said:
I am a windows software developer with experience in all the main languages. My primary language now is C# and I absolutely love the language, highly recommended.

A lot of people really recommend me to learn C# over anything else, could you elaborate on that?