@aral what’s your preferred first? ruby or python?
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@swb1192 I’d say JS, Python, maybe Lua (all w visual environments) -
@aral I started messing around with Python, moved to JS, then learned some Java in school. Not sure my next move... -
@swb1192 Nothing wrong with learning lots of languages :) -
@aral true! just takes a lot to remember the syntax of each. wish there was a cheat sheet i could keep.
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@aral PHP is great to teach web development as there is a direct connection between file,URL and response.No app servers, just upload and go -
@mihaelkonjevic Original tweet wasn’t about web programming. Was asking as first language for someone new to programming :)
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@aral 'at the time' it was a good intro lang. Know a few who started with it. Better ones now -
@joseph_carney Yep, I used it often & did loads in it ’95-’05 :)
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@aral After years and years of PHP, I'm still asking myself what is the order arguments of in_array(). Just happened to me now.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral I'd have to agree with you there. Doesn't really teach software development principles particularly well.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral As someone who started with PHP I have to agree. I've learnt to work with it, but it's like using English to explain Latin descendantsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral Well, that’s today’s news sorted. “Balkan blasts PHP as ‘language for numpty heads’” :D -
@CraigGrannell@aral I think PHP has a valid place in the classroom: "Don't do it like this!"
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@aral why do you say that, and what would you suggest as a first language? Asking as someone learning php as their first language.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral I use it for work, not by choice. It's a terrible first language!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral And in turn becomes a pretty lousy one to have learned.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral PHP is indeed lousy. Processing is a cool start I think.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral Out of curiousity: what so you think is a good first programming language? Processing?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral Though I should probably qualify that by adding that the first two languages I learned were BASIC and COBOL. Doomed from the start…Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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