Software Development,where should I start?

[Jakeee]

I want to get into software development, where should I start? I have no background in programming, only learnt a little Turbo Pascal in college. I don't mind which language to learn, whatever is the best? (The language will be used to develop for business programs on windows based OS in the future)

 

[Jakeee]

Really depends on what you're doing with it. If you just want to 'get it done', then look at C# for windows. For a bit of a deeper (better) view I'd start with C++. Higher level languages (Java/C#) come very quickly after that.

If it is business development, I would go for Java. I admit that I have not used C++ or C#, but from my experience companies prefer Java for its close integration with internet packages and cross compatibility.
As a beginner, it may be beneficial to consider a course, such as Open University's M255 Object Oriented Programming with Java & M256 Working with Java. These are both great courses to get you into OO programming. Warning, they are level 2 courses and have end of course exams.

I would go with C#.

Download Visual C# Express for desktop stuff, or Visual Web Developer Express for websites.

These reason I would go for this is it so easy and not at all daunting to get up and running and c# is a great language.

Great posts! Thanks a lot guys, this is exactly what I needed