I am a student ...
I need to do a final year project....
But i don't know which type of language i can use...
Can someone help?



By the type of language, I of course meant computer language.

Example: Php or java .

Please gives reasons why to why you think this language would be best for me.

Strong points I'm looking for:

*Flexibility
*Wide spread usage
*Management
*Tutorials .

What do you mean with "most comman"? The most spread programming language? Like english and spanish are widely-spread languages among the spoken languages in the world?

If any programmer here should help you, it might be useful to give a little hint which languages are the options and what kind of project you have to do.

GreetingZ

I don't understand. Why do you ask this question ?
Anyway, I think you should use your native language.

If you're looking for a flexible and powerful programming language. I recommend Java. Its cost is pretty low. You can use the NetBeans IDE which can be downloaded from netbeans.org as the development platform. It's a free tool, by the way.

Now, I want to ask you a question. What kind is your project ? (Web-App, Desktop, Commercial/Education....)

I recommend using php/mysql for a web app. I guess java would be nice. I hear it's a lot like c++, but a little less confusing. I'm not very advanced in c++, but I understand the basics. It wouldn't take too long to get the "basics" of either language, but Java may be a little easier to get more out of it sooner. One of my professors also said something about regular expressions being pretty good in java. That's always a plus.

it seems a hardest question to ask. what is common program language. Well, i think Java, .NET is become more and more popular in future programming platform. But for some legacy system, COBOL, C++ is still required.

A mix of Java/Mysql+php would be pretty nice.

Flash also might work in there, but remember, flash cannot be indexed by search bots.

Also, what kinda of project are you looking to do?

First of all, this should not be a question for student who is doing his final year project. The reason is he should know the answer before then.

It's not about a language you use, it's about which one you have the most familiarity with. You have to stick with the one you know the most. And more than that, language is a tool, just a tool, how you use that tool is what important.

In term of language, there are thousands of them out there. Using google and find the most popular programming language, I got this http://www.developer.com/lang/article.php/3390001 , which is very interesting. I suggest using C/C++, Java or Python in general. For web project, PHP would be a plausible choice. You should probably want to stay away from any .NET, Microsoftish language since they can be *obsolete* eventually.

As othere members have posted it depends upon you only which language you use. At enterprise level J2EE and .Net are the most common things. In small companies php is also very famous. Java is a good language to use but now a days I will prefer to go with C# ( C-Sharp) over java.

And I am not satisfied with vdhieu84 - as he has said that Microsoft Languages can be obsolete. Visual Basic is the good example for it. It is Microsoft Product and most famous for devleoping Desktop application. Java is popular in web applications but when you talk about desktop application visual basic is winner. And visual basic is here from years. So please don't evaluate the things on the basis of owner of the product/language. .NET is a wonderful platform given by Microsoft, I can't compare anything so good till date.

Famous in what area? Do you mean a *web development* company? If that, I might agree

Wrong, do yourself a favour by searching jobs over the internet and you will see Java is a must have. Why? Because its software can be used in ANY environment (given that the virtual machine available).

Can you use the visual basic program you wrote 7 years ago in Windows 98 environment in today Windows XP flatform? I doubt that unless your program is so simple (i.e. require less library). Can you use a Java 1.2 program on today 1.5? yes. Can you use Visual Basic to write program for other platform other than Windows? NO. Can you do that with Java? Ans: that's why Java is here. Bottom line, if you are Windows fan and Windows only, Microsoft products are for you, but if you like to have some freedom, take my advice seriously.


I think you are either Windows developers or a highschool kid who's learning how to program. If that's true, nothing more I can say.