(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Im trying to get into programing languages and stuff, and im starting with javascript. I really like learning about it, but after reading a couple pages its still kind of confusing and tiring when you realize theres like a couple hundred other pages to learn from. So what im asking for are videos of it being done so i can have a better understanding of javascript. If you could send me a link with really good videos of javascript tuts then you would be helping me out alot.

first off javascript is a scripting language, not a programming language also you wouldn't need it for anything other tan web programming(as that's its main usage)
if you want to get started in programming anything, i would start with batch files, try and make this, You must login or register to view this content. or something like that then, after you master that, move on to a real programming language preferrably something multi platform. e.g. c# c++ java python etc. not visual basic, although it is good for a great language, some people think it gives you bad coding habits, and makes you resort back to it because of it's dependencies on the windows OS. if you're looking for resources then hear you go
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- C# - haven't really seen any good tutorials, but i'm sure just by looking here:You must login or register to view this content. will be good enough.

those are some of the best ways to learn how to program.
if you spend your whole time trying to learn from videos of other people you will not be as good of a programmer, because regardless programming comes down to comprehension and reading code, it's a lot easier to be able to watch people solve problems for you but if you want to get anywhere you ultimately have to be able to do it yourself.

Just out of curiosity, why do you recommend people start with Batch?

i don't really know, that's how i started and i mastered that. also it would be better for actual programming to start with something that you can make useful stuff for a computer with rather than using a scripting language which wouldn't be of much use.. it's just how i feel. i hate just about all scripting languages.

Batch is a scripting language.

Also, what's wrong with scripting languages?

there's a reason i said "about all" i don't hate all of them it's just with there limited functionality there not worth it. compared to a programming language. i say if you're gonna start with any scripting language it might as well be batch. it's better. and actually has a use cuz batch scripts can act act as almost programs.

To the contrary. Last I checked there's actually very few real, large-scale applications written in batch (and by "very few" I really mean "Its been years since anyone has attempted it").

Besides, I would say that the line between scripting and programming languages is very much blurred. I suppose it would be based on your own personal judgement of a scripting language vs a programming language, but I bet one would find it difficult to say that a scripting language, such as Python, is blatantly worse than a programming language, such as C.

And in what ways do scripting languages really "limit functionality"?

I think it would help if you provided a few examples of what you considered scripting languages, and what you considered programming languages.

i really don't think it matters, why do you always try to start arguments, what i consider scripting languages is a language that you would use much like an add on to a program you're writing. case in point if you're coding in c++ or c or that matter and you use the windows.h header file just to use system("shutdown echo or whatever"); although it would be easier to write such programs. it's not good coding habits which is also why i don't code on windows and i'd rather use the qt library for gui's than the visual studio. not that there is anything wrong with using visual studio it helps people out tons and supports more languages, i personally went straight from batch to c++ not because i think i'm cool, it's just my preference on what language i like. also in this post you said python is a scripting language when it is in fact a programming language. just saying, like i always say, it doesn't matter what you choose as you're specific language or whatever it comes down to time and effort and comprehension of the language. there may be more but i'm done arguing.

JavaScript is a great language to learn first, its similar syntax to C++ and Java, its as good as learning a programming language as it has great use of Objects, Methods and Members ( all of which you will learn in JavaScript ),

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Good thing about JavaScript is you don't need a compiler to learn it.
after learning JavaScript, you could go on to do a bit of C++ as its a friendly way of learning deaper, complex aspects of Programming such as API's, Library's, Data type specifically and just generally how programming works.