I would suggest books where you can learn the principles of object
oriented programming - as this will carry over to many languages. I
wish I had learned it from the start!
elaine
On Apr 3, 2008, at 7:45 PM, Kerry Thompson wrote:
Vlado Krempl wrote:
I'm a designer who is getting more and more interested in
programming and
not just actionscript 3.
From your list above, and in your opinion, which are the "must
learn"
programs to learn?
I have been doing alot of reading on PHP, HTML, Javascript and
Actionscript
3.
Of the languages I know, the only one I could recommend for a young
programmer would be C++ (and, of course, ActionScript 3). Even that is
problematic, though--C++ may be an obsolescent language itself.
More to the point would be what language would I learn that I don't
already
know. PHP would be near the top of the list. If you want to branch
out, I
think C# and .NET is the up-and-coming language for the next few
years--actually, make that Visual Basic and C#, both with .NET.
Java would be high on my list, too, especially since it is so
similar to
AS3. I think there is a future also for Python and some other Web-
oriented
languages.
What is clear is that, at the moment, Web-oriented development is
the growth
field, more so than desktop apps.
Cordially,
Kerry Thompson
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