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Which programming language would you recommend to learn first?

Survey period: 1 Apr 2019 to 8 Apr 2019

Assuming you're given no other information, in which direction would you point a budding new developer?

OptionVotes% 
C75740.05
C++1337.04
C#52927.99
Kotlin130.69
Java774.07
JavaScript or TypeScript884.66
PHP331.75
Python1719.05
Swift110.58
Other784.13

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GeneralRe: HTML/CSS should be learned first! Pin
Mike (Prof. Chuck)3-Apr-19 21:57
professionalMike (Prof. Chuck)3-Apr-19 21:57 
GeneralPunch Cards? Pin
Slacker0071-Apr-19 5:32
professionalSlacker0071-Apr-19 5:32 
GeneralRe: Punch Cards? Pin
Andreas Mertens1-Apr-19 6:40
professionalAndreas Mertens1-Apr-19 6:40 
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OriginalGriff1-Apr-19 9:46
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Jalapeno Bob1-Apr-19 19:26
professionalJalapeno Bob1-Apr-19 19:26 
GeneralRe: Punch Cards? Pin
Gary R. Wheeler2-Apr-19 13:26
Gary R. Wheeler2-Apr-19 13:26 
GeneralRe: Punch Cards? Pin
Frank Malcolm2-Apr-19 16:52
Frank Malcolm2-Apr-19 16:52 
GeneralAssembler Pin
  Forogar  1-Apr-19 5:06
professional  Forogar  1-Apr-19 5:06 
GeneralRe: Assembler Pin
Chris Maunder3-Apr-19 6:16
cofounderChris Maunder3-Apr-19 6:16 
GeneralRe: Assembler Pin
  Forogar  3-Apr-19 9:21
professional  Forogar  3-Apr-19 9:21 
GeneralRe: Assembler Pin
Chris Maunder3-Apr-19 9:25
cofounderChris Maunder3-Apr-19 9:25 
GeneralRe: Assembler Pin
  Forogar  3-Apr-19 9:59
professional  Forogar  3-Apr-19 9:59 
GeneralMaybe it depends on what your are tooling up to do? Pin
MarcusCole68331-Apr-19 4:16
professionalMarcusCole68331-Apr-19 4:16 
GeneralNim Pin
Nemanja Trifunovic1-Apr-19 3:40
Nemanja Trifunovic1-Apr-19 3:40 
GeneralRe: Nim Pin
PeejayAdams2-Apr-19 5:32
PeejayAdams2-Apr-19 5:32 
GeneralUnpopular Opinion... VB PinPopular
KSmithDev1-Apr-19 3:27
KSmithDev1-Apr-19 3:27 
GeneralRe: Unpopular Opinion... VB Pin
Jalapeno Bob1-Apr-19 9:06
professionalJalapeno Bob1-Apr-19 9:06 
GeneralRe: Unpopular Opinion... VB Pin
PIEBALDconsult1-Apr-19 13:15
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GeneralRe: Unpopular Opinion... VB Pin
Jalapeno Bob1-Apr-19 19:44
professionalJalapeno Bob1-Apr-19 19:44 
GeneralRe: Unpopular Opinion... VB Pin
RickZeeland1-Apr-19 23:23
mveRickZeeland1-Apr-19 23:23 
GeneralJava or C#, they are both similar in many respects Pin
Slacker0071-Apr-19 0:13
professionalSlacker0071-Apr-19 0:13 
GeneralRe: Java or C#, they are both similar in many respects Pin
honey the codewitch1-Apr-19 0:45
mvahoney the codewitch1-Apr-19 0:45 
GeneralRe: Java or C#, they are both similar in many respects Pin
Slacker0071-Apr-19 0:54
professionalSlacker0071-Apr-19 0:54 
GeneralRe: Java or C#, they are both similar in many respects Pin
honey the codewitch1-Apr-19 1:07
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ZurdoDev1-Apr-19 1:42
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