OK, you decided to learn how to program. You probably have tons of questions. How should I start, from what should I start, Which programming language should I pickup??? I am going to introduce you into programming world and describe the basics stuff (like a program script, compiler, translator etc.) before you dive in deeper and will start writing you first program. If you already familiar with that or you find it boring you can skip it and go onto my next lesson which has more practical tasks.

What is the best programming language for beginners?

When I started programming, we didn’t have any of these sissy high level languages. All we had were zeros and ones - And some times we didn’t even have ones… - One Old Programmer

Nowadays there are a lot of programming languages and it is really hard to figure out which language choose to start learning. Each programming language helps us to achieve certain goals. e.g.:

• SQL - working with database;
• Java - for client/server web applications
• C - wide spectre from OS to Microcontrollers
• JavaScript - for web pages, server web applications and even video games (browser quest).

When some one ask me “What is the best programming language for beginners?” I say JavaScript. Why?…

It’s Easy to Start

Is somewhat easy to get started with as it is a higher level language. Javascript is comparatively easy to learn than other programming languages, provided you learn properly. You don’t need to setup any development environment, you can get started with coding JavaScript straight from your browser.

Most Popular Programming Language

It’s the most used and popular programming language nowadays. BIG community that is up for helping you out. According to Strackoverflow.com report JavaScript is on top of the list Programming Languages to Learn in 2018.

Fun

JavaScript mostly used for frontend development and you can immediately see results of your work in browser (further I will show you how to code “in realtime”). There are various tools that will allow you to quickly get a working prototype with JavaScript. You can make HTML5 and Javascript games like browser quest or 2048.

Career Opportunities

JavaScript is also the most demanded programming skill. Average salary in the US for JavaScript/Node.js developers is about $110,540. It’s a great opportunity to get a good job out of learning Javascript.

What is the easiest way to learn JavaScript

Well if you are reading these lines you probably get interested in studying of JavaScript and wondering what is the easiest way to learn?… I would say there is no easiest way to learn something… I can recommend you to use approach of mixing practicing and reading (I mentioned about it in my Introduction or My Very First Post).

If you not familiar with basic concepts of programming you can go and read my second lesson - Javascript For Beginners. Lesson 2 - Common programing concepts. - Otherwise you can skip second one and go onto third lesson - .