Re: best language for newbie to write simple application
"Marc Adler" <marc.adler@gmail.com> writes:
I know nothing about programming, but need to write a simple
application with which I can enter a word to be looked up in a
dictionary, have the application look up the word in an online
dictionary, and output the results to a text file (with each entry
added to the same file, to create a list).
?I know nothing about medicine, but need to do a little surgery
with which I can lookup a bladder stone in my body, remove it,
and output the results to a bowl (with each stone added to the
same bowl, to create a pile).?
You are striving to write a kind of Mozilla plug-in or
customization, which seems to be too difficult if you know
?nothing about programming? yet. You'd better start with
exercises from a textbook and simpler applications first.
Or consider to hire a programmer for the task.
http://www.norvig.com/21-days.html
A good language to learn programming might be Ruby.
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/07/24/Ruby
C++ is awful to learn programming, but might be needed
to write Mozilla plug-ins.
And then, this is a Java newsgroup, so you might consider
a more general programming newsgroup.