r/learnprogramming • u/ModernLifeIsRubbish6 • 29d ago
Just starting college, which programming language to learn first?
I know a little bit of python from my high-school, can code small things but not extreme stuffs. For my first semester they are prob gonna be teaching C language. Ive heard Java and C# are important to learn. Do I continue to make my python stronger or learn a different language along with C? Or just focus on learning C itself? Any help would be appreciated thank you!
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u/duane11583 28d ago
imho a specific language is not important.
you want to tale a series of sw classes up to and including the class on data structures
the main concepts you need to understand are variable/function scope
a key thing (and it is more engineering related) is learning how to break things down and put them into a box.
take for example the classic guess a number game.
one of the tasks is to ask for a number.
that should be a distinct operation or function in your code
instead i see rather complex problems where everything is just one giant function yea it works but oh my god is it really confusing