Hi, everyone

TL;DR - post below your suggestion for a good programming language for an almost-rookie teacher/educator/writer to start using.

More info: I am trying to decide on which programming language to learn. I know my way around HTML and CSS from being active online, but haven’t done much programming apart from this. I write, teach, and work with digital teaching/learning products a lot. In 2021, I think there will be plenty of time for me to start working with programming. I don’t mean just “learn to code” - I mean using the language(s) as an educator/writer/publisher. Libre / open source context preferred. Which languages look like they fit the bill, Lemmy?

  • sia@lemmy.ml
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    4 years ago
    • C99 to find out how everything works.
    • Golang because it’s fast and forces you to write in a good style.
    • Python for all the packages that exist and the capabilities of stringing together three libraries and calling it a day.

    In that order! IMHO you should first learn how the basics (data types, memory mapping, …) work before you get more comfortable.

    You could swap Golang with Rust and C99 with Zig if you want to be more Hipster.