What programming language should I learn?

I want to learn how to develop Windows based software, but also web applications in general. What is the best, most flexible language to learn to get started? I don't want to spend months and months learning a language only to find out it is not useful anymore.





Thanks! NickWhat programming language should I learn?
first Learn VB6/VB.Net. It's easy to understand the programming and


you can build for both web application and desktop application.but, VB6/VB.Net not programming language then learn C/C++ and then Java. this is programming language.





Online study in programming language.





VC++ Tutorials / UI Samples:


http://www.ucancode.net/faq/feature.htm





Code Teacher:C/C++,ASP..


http://www.codeteacher.com/





Java Programming Examples:


http://www.idevelopment.info/data/Programming/java/PROGRAMMING_Java_Programming.shtmlWhat programming language should I learn?
I can never express this enough. Do not learn a language. Instead learn algorithms and patterns. I apologize now if you are an experienced programmer. Learn the algorithms to code instead of the pickiness of a single language. Don't trap yourself in that one language.





Now to learn windows coding and web applications. I would suggest learning C#. Other code to look at however is Visual Basic .NET, and possibly ColdFusion (I have seen it used heavily in web applications)
I hate to break the news to you, but there is no easy language to learn when it comes to web design. I have found that the most flexible language is A++ and advanced versions of C++. Windows at one time had a web design maker that come with 98 and ME. Try and seek those out. There are some web design software's out there that can help you as well. Try finding one and go from there.
Bill gets my vote too. (I'm a programmer.)





I think ActionScript 3 / Flex / Flash is fun. There's a good online community. It's cross-platform, and it's causing quite a buzz. Flash Player 10 is awesome.





VB.NET and C# are just for Windows, and although people in suits tend to like IIS, most developers I know prefer PHP.





I liked Scorpio4frenz's JavaScript suggestion too. You can even use it to develop Adobe AIR applications that run on the desktop.
I've recently started to take up Adobe Flex. It's kind of difficult to work with at first but produces AMAZING sites. Not only are its productions very nice to the eye, the programming features of the language are amazing. I would consider this to me a next-gen web application language. Volkswagen's website was done in Flex.





http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/?prom鈥?/a>
Do you have knowledge of HTML? If not, start with that since it is the basis of web development. Then you can learn JavaScript without which simple HTML code cannot do much. After that, you might be in a better position to decide whether you want to advance further in Java, .NET, or Oracle web development technologies like Application Express (APEX). Oracle APEX is very simple to learn (oracle provides online workspaces to use it for free..check oracle website), but you do require database knowledge and PL/SQL. But then, you would need database skills for any kind of web development.
I have to agree with Bill. Learning the algorithms and patterns is the most important. once you've got that down. most languages are a piece of cake. you just have to figure out the the syntaxes of the different languages which will, over time, come quite easily.
Learn VB.NET. It's easy and you can build for both web and desktop.
Yea learn VB .Net its the easiest one to use