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Posted by erik Jones Oniga
erik Jones Oniga
3,307 Points

Hey Guys, some devices for java

I asked a bunch of people, wich peogramming language the best for beginners is. Some say java, other say c#, other say python.. i’m confused now. My point is to make software engineering. I’m not sure to take c# or java, because i heard c# is for making windows applications and not for other platforms.. I mean with java you can build everythink, programm micro-controller, powerful webpages. Someone said to me that java, javascript and sql database. With these 3 things you can programm almost everything. I also heard that java is not good for beginners, but i don’t want either to program C# cause i don’t like the syntax. Powershell and windows serving is not my thing. My thing is software engineering. And later on, i want to develope apps that are compatible with ios android, could you give me some device for that?

Please take your time guys, Im right now at this point, where I want to know what i want to do in the future.

I’m very thankful. Please answer with specific answers. For beginners please:)

1 Answer

Calin Bogdan
Calin Bogdan
14,921 Points
Calin Bogdan
Calin Bogdan
14,921 Points

I started learning to code with C#. It seemed pretty clear to me and it was basically the first programming language I managed to create an application with. Then I learned a bit of Java, JavaScript and so on.

What some say about C# isn't necessarily true as of now, since Microsoft launched .NET Core which is cross-platform.

You can become a software engineer by learning pretty much any language. It's not only the language that makes you a software engineer.

If you want to develop Android and iOS apps you can either learn both native languages (Java for Android and Swift for iOS) or go the React Native / Xamarin way and do it for both.