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Starting Programming

I am a student of Economics.I have a mediocre problem solving skills.I would like to start programming for automating tasks in Excel using VBA for other package as well. But I don't the starting point which will land up me in the above objectives.

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I started out with GML (game maker language) since I wanted to program games.
Should I go to Java, Actionscript, C#, or VB from here ? :/

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I started out with GML (game maker language) since I wanted to program games.
Should I go to Java, Actionscript, C#, or VB from here ? :/

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I started out with GML (game maker language) since I wanted to program games.
Should I go to Java, Actionscript, C#, or VB from here ? :/

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Snake
Ok, I think you should go with C++.
It may not be as easy as qBasic or Python, but it is one of the most powerful languages.
C++ used for all sorts of programs, and has a lot of freedom.
With Python you won't learn anything that will help you in other languages.
I tried Python, and there is no } and {
So I moved on to C++ and it isn't that hard!
Easy if you take time on it and get the hang of it.
If you want to start programming C++, Here's a link to a great IDE.(compiler and editor.)
Dev-C++ is a really good IDE I use. (Doesn't work with Vista, I believe.)
If you have Vista or anything under Windows 95, then Try Visual Basic.
Or if you have a Mac, you should have something called 'Xcode' on your computer.
That's my advice!

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Miles
I myself started with VBScript, a cut down version of Visual Basic. I learnt it by following tutorials in a magazine I read called computer shopper (the British Computer Shopper, not the american one) and soon moved on to real Visual Basic, visual basic 6 to be precise. I learnt it well, and by then had a good understanding of how programming works and so on. I tried out other languages, and eventually found one I liked most: PHP, a web scripting language. I suggest you do exactly what I've done, as it works perfectly, though in some cases, the languages I've used could be swapped for different ones.

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