Which programming language one should choose to start with.
As we all in the era of technology where the problem for the solution is the technology and that is only possible because of several lines of codes that a programmer or developer writes. And due to the increase in demand for the job, peoples are getting influence by the computer programming field and want to shift their career towards programming or development.
Due to this increase in demand, there are lots of options available also in the market to learn because there is demand, there is supply. Like for Android Development, we have Java, Kotlin, Objective C. For iOS development we have swift. For web development we have JavaScript and even for JavaScript, there are different frameworks like VueJS, ReactJS, AngularJS, etc. Even to start with coding, peoples get confused about whether to start with C or C++, or Python. So for one, it is difficult to choose between options.
In this blog, we are going to figure out which programming language one should choose to begin with and what are advantages and disadvantages of them. Well, Let’s start with the mother of all languages that is C.
C
C is a general-purpose language that most beginner programmers learn before moving to more complex programming languages. And it is also advisable to learn C because it clears your programming concepts in detail like what are operators, what should be the priority of operators to solve out an expression, conditional statements, loops(one should learn to use loops efficiently to solve many complex problems), storage classes(scope, visibility, lifetime of a variable/function), pointers(C can teach you the best), etc. Apart from all that C is a middle-level language that means it supports both high-level and low-level programming and is very close to the kernel that’s why it is faster than other programming languages.
With the help of C, one could easily understand the internal architecture of a computer that how things are working internally, how computer stores and retrieve information. And apart from all this, you’ll get many opportunities to work on open source projects because some of the largest open-source projects like Linux Kernel, Python interpreter, SQLite, VSCode, etc. are developed in C.
But C doesn’t have Object-Oriented programming concepts like classes, objects, inheritance, etc. So to learn all these things one should opt-out of C++.
C++
C++ is known as the extension of the C programming language. It has all the main concepts that C has. Apart from that, it follows all the Object-Oriented programming concepts. OOP concepts provide a clear modular structure for the program that makes it easy to maintain and readable and also divides complex problems into smaller sets by using objects. C++ also gives you faster results apart from that with the help of C++, you can develop hardware drivers, games, desktop applications, operating systems, etc. As same as C, C++ also helps you to know the internal architecture because C and C++ are the languages that are very close to the kernel. So if you want to go somewhere in game development or hardware programming C++ is the best choice to start with.
And even you want to move to other languages soon, C and C++ clear out all your deep programming concepts that a beginner needs at the start.
Now, Let’s discuss another trending programming language that everyone wants to learn nowadays “Python”.
Python
Python is going trending nowadays because of the functionality that Python provides. Apart from that if you are a person who doesn’t want to remind long syntax and header files or doesn’t want to use semicolons in your code then Python is for you. Python’s design philosophy emphasizes code readability with its notable use of significant indentation. In python, to start any new block, we use indentation(4 spaces forward than previous line).
Unlike C and C++(compiler-based languages), Python is an interpreter-based language that means it compiles code line to line not whole code at one time. Python provides you the Object-oriented programming concepts to use. Python is very useful when you want to start or shift your career and explore the concepts of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Robotics, etc. Python is everywhere to help you out with its wide variety of libraries for every feature or field you want to learn.
This is only a glance at how beginners can put their feet forward in the field of programming. Apart from these languages, you can also have a variety of languages as per your field of interest but to start with these are the best ones.
