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People are going to hate me for saying this, but use Codeblocks: http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~goetz/codeblocks/

It is the simplest, cleanest, and requires nothing but a simple installation. From all of the compilers I have ever used this is the easiest. Might not be a hard-core programmers choice, but I love its simplicity.

nkabir, you're a pretty hard core programmer. I think he just wants exposure to:

Loops
Functions
If-Statements
etc.
Even without going into Classes, first language doesn't really matter. From what I have mentioned C/C++/Java/etc. all pretty much use very similar syntax, or at least the same ideas. So why is C++ a bad start? He didn't say he want to stick with it, just get into programming.

To everyone else:
I am decent at C++ and a complete beginner at Python but from what I have seen so far it is pretty awesome. But as a first language? Going from C++ to VBA took me less than a week to write some decent code because I was so familiar with all the concepts. Python is so different from all of the other languages out there...

<blockquote data-quote="MRoss" data-source="post: 99281" data-attributes="member: 9561">People are going to hate me for saying this, but use Codeblocks: <a href="http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~goetz/codeblocks/" target="_blank">http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~goetz/codeblocks/</a>&nbsp;It is the simplest, cleanest, and requires nothing but a simple installation. From all of the compilers I have ever used this is the easiest. Might not be a hard-core programmers choice, but I love its simplicity.&nbsp;&nbsp;nkabir, you&#039;re a pretty hard core programmer. I think he just wants exposure to:&nbsp;<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Loops</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Functions</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">If-Statements</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">etc.</li>
</ul>Even without going into Classes, first language doesn&#039;t really matter. From what I have mentioned C/C++/Java/etc. all pretty much use very similar syntax, or at least the same ideas. So why is C++ a bad start? He didn&#039;t say he want to stick with it, just get into programming.&nbsp;&nbsp;To everyone else:I am decent at C++ and a complete beginner at Python but from what I have seen so far it is pretty awesome. But as a first language? Going from C++ to VBA took me less than a week to write some decent code because I was so familiar with all the concepts. Python is so different from all of the other languages out there...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MRoss, post: 99281, member: 9561"] People are going to hate me for saying this, but use Codeblocks: [url]http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~goetz/codeblocks/[/url] It is the simplest, cleanest, and requires nothing but a simple installation. From all of the compilers I have ever used this is the easiest. Might not be a hard-core programmers choice, but I love its simplicity. nkabir, you're a pretty hard core programmer. I think he just wants exposure to: [LIST] [*]Loops [*]Functions [*]If-Statements [*]etc. [/LIST] Even without going into Classes, first language doesn't really matter. From what I have mentioned C/C++/Java/etc. all pretty much use very similar syntax, or at least the same ideas. So why is C++ a bad start? He didn't say he want to stick with it, just get into programming. [I]To everyone else:[/I] I am decent at C++ and a complete beginner at Python but from what I have seen so far it is pretty awesome. But as a first language? Going from C++ to VBA took me less than a week to write some decent code because I was so familiar with all the concepts. Python is so different from all of the other languages out there... [/QUOTE]

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