Whether you're a programmer looking for your next adventure or a beginner looking for the right place to start learning to code, this article is for you.
Although if you're a confused beginner and don't know where to start I highly recommend choosing a path and having a specific goal in mind when learning to code, the benefits of which I've talked about in this article.
Intro
There are a lot of programming languages out there and most beginners are confused about which one to start with as they're bombarded with hordes of information, either articles or videos that suggest variously 'must learn' languages when getting started with coding and all that, but most likely than not, they're wrong
Most people just suggest you learn a programming language without taking into consideration what exactly your goal is with programming. In this article, I talk about the best programming language to get started with when you're just learning to code, whether you have a specific track in mind or not
Now the language I'm going to give you here isn't going to be much of a surprise to you as it's probably the most recommended language to learn for beginners, but what makes this article different is that I tell you why exactly you should learn it for reasons other than it being 'easy'
What language is it?
Python
Why should you learn it?
1. It's easy to understand
yeah, yeah, I know I said I was going to give other reasons but this still had to be mentioned. One of the main reasons python is frequently mentioned as the best language for beginners to learn is that it is believed to be very easy to understand. And when you compare python to some low-level languages like C or Java it really does look as easy as pre-school English, the thing is not everyone sees it like that especially not beginners- let me explain how.
For people who are new to programming and haven't ever written or even seen a single line of code in their lives python looks more like some random Chinese letters clustered together rather than intelligible lines of code, and when people recommend learning python because of how 'easy' it is they fail to take into account what it is being compared to.
So I'm here to tell you that contrary to what you might have heard and what lies people have been feeding you about how easy python is, as a beginner it isn't as easy as you might think, though for experienced programmers it's easy enough to grasp the concept in a few weeks -maybe even days- as all programming languages are essentially the same. Now the good news about this is that although python might not be exactly what most beginners would refer to as a walk in the park', it is indeed easier than most other programming languages
2. Flexible
Python alone has so many fields it can be applied to, such that if your first programming language as a beginner is python it's almost guaranteed to be useful in whatever field you choose to venture into in the future.
Here are some fields where python can be used;
- Data Analysis, Data Science, and Machine learning
-Cyber security
-Web development(Backend)
Conclusion
And that's pretty much it. Of course, there are other things python can be used for such as game development and the like, but these are the main ones.
This article has given you an overview of what programming language you should learn when getting started with coding and why you should learn it.
P.S - Note that this article is my submission for #week4 of hashnode's write-athon. Let me know what you think in the comments below, and please leave a reaction if the article was helpful.
Feel free to drop suggestions of programming languages that are as diverse and generally used as python.
Parting words
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