programming language

Hi I looking for advice on program language, I work on windows server, network for more than 8 years, and I want learn a program language, what you recommend for my previous experience.... thanks

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Master Of Puppets

What do you want to program? Since you are in a windows environment - powershell/batch is a good guess but more information is needed.

lmx

Hi, MOP 1st thank 4 advice, what kind info i needed?, i think PS was like Advanced CMD.

Master Of Puppets

Do you want a language that will help your work with windows or do you want to just start programming(without trying to link it to windows)?

tprice5

C++. Great OOP language to learn the ropes on.

ccnxjr

Python is generally a good starting language in general.
It's easy to learn, lots of resources and very active community.

From there I suppose you can work your way through the maze , depending on your goals.
Web, Applications, Web-Applications or Systems programming? Which platforms, mostly Windows ? or something a bit more portable.
For Applications, C++, C# or Java are natural next steps.
For Systems, it might depend on the environment, Windows or Linux ?
In which case, some more advanced Power Shell, Visual Basic works well for Windows, and BASh, Perl, Python for Linux.
At some point in the Systems journey C is a must, you should at least be able to read & understand C , as the source code is mostly C .

YFZblu

I'm tailoring this post to the Windows arena. For a scripting language, look at Powershell. It's the best tool for your job.If being a Windows sysadmin is what you want to do forever, then I would also look at C#. Doing this will allow you to dive into .NET programming and creating your own cmdlets in Powershell. That would greatly elevate your career.

ccnxjr wrote: »

At some point in the Systems journey C is a must, you should at least be able to read & understand C , as the source code is mostly C.

I definitely endorse this post. C will bring you to a higher level of understanding regarding computing/systems.