Even though I am not knowledgeable in the language, I think the best first language for business is Java. It is also good for a first leaning experience for other reasons but it is popular in the business application world.
For web applications, "in the cloud," Ruby seems to be a more and more popular next language. Alan On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 5:12 AM, Dennis Kibbe <[email protected]> wrote: > I searched the archive but didn't find a previous discussion about this. > > A friend who graduates from high school next week wants to take a summer > course in programming. His goal is to become a business applications > programmer. > > He asked me what language he should start with. I'd guess the prgramming > landscape is changing with more services going into the cloud. > > Joseph, Hans, Charles I'm sure you have opinoins and I welcome anyone elses. > > My friend, Ian isn't on the list so I'll point him to gmane.org to follow the > discussion. > > dennisk > > -- > "Free Software, Free Society" > Free Software Foundation > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
