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Re:Ask HN: Starting with programming? by Animus7 on Saturday March 26, 2011 @04:15AM (#2371632)
There are as many kinds of programming as there are kinds of engineering. Want to build web sites? Administrate corporate databases? Program robots?

While a few concepts carry over, the tools and workflows in the different branches of programming can be worlds apart. You probably want to get some direction re: where you want to go with programming before you dive into something specific like a language.

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Re:Ask HN: Starting with programming? by wyclif on Saturday March 26, 2011 @05:09AM (#2371702)
That's true, and it's why I mentioned HTML/CSS/JavaScript. Those are general-purpose foundational languages that will stand anyone in good stead no matter what branch of programming they wind up in.
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Re:Ask HN: Starting with programming? by Animus7 on Saturday March 26, 2011 @05:19AM (#2371714)
I completely disagree. Your advice applies if you're in the web business, but HTML, CSS, and Javascript are hardly "general-purpose" and they won't help you in coding up a router firmware.
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Re:Ask HN: Starting with programming? by wyclif on Saturday March 26, 2011 @05:36AM (#2371731)
The OP was asking about web programming, not router firmware.
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