Hey guys! I know you people never see me around here, but I do in fact have a high interest in 3 programming languages:

Java -
Priority Level (To Me): 8 or 9.
Challenge Range: Beginner to Expert
Other languages that would help (With this and what this helps with): As2/As3
Why I wan't to learn: 3D programming, better understanding of 2D programming languages.

C Sharp -
Priority Level (To Me): 4, 5, or 6.
Challenge Range: Novice to Expert
Other languages that would help (With this and what this helps with): C, C+, C++, Other Languages based around C.
Why I wan't to learn: 3D programming, better understanding of other languages, application programming.

Boo -
Priority Level (To Me): 1. Maybe 2.
Challenge Range: Pro to Expert (As I understand it to be)
Other languages that would help (With this and what this helps with): N/A?
Why I wan't to learn: 3D Programming with Unity.

Anybody know good sites for learning these? Not so much worried about Boo, as I only want that for Unity, which I can just use Java or C Sharp for anyways.

Also, a personal teacher would be even better, if anyone has the time.

Thanks
~Tubba

Unity uses javascript, not java. I would just say to google tutorials and learn that shit. Shouldn't be too hard if you put enough effort into it.

^ Yeah, JavaScript. Still want to learn Java in general.

Java and C++ are from the same family, and are quite similar (YMMV).

I would advise learning something like Python or C first (yes they are not similar, but I mean, learning either will help you out). Sounds like C is a good choice for you.

Then you can go on to others in the same family, Java and C++.

How different are C and C Sharp?

C versus C++ versus C#.

Not sure if there's any real reason left to use C besides specialty legacy code. Correct me if I'm wrong. C++ more or less supercedes it entirely.

I know there are several differences between C++ and C#, but having never really used or explored the latter, I can't tell you rightly what they are.

I'd personally recommend exploring either C++, C#, Python, or PHP. I know in my particular case that I was overwhelmed learning C++ until I started exploring the C family of languages with PHP. PHP is a rather specialty language, I'd say, given that it's made for web development and is a very different overall paradigm than C++, but the overall syntax, the learning how to troubleshoot, everything along those lines made C++ a far easier language to learn when I actually got around to doing it properly.

Don't expect C++ to be easy though. It's certainly easier than ASM, but that doesn't mean much in the long run.

C is better to learn than C++. If you learn C++ then you will miss out on a lot f the very low level micro-managing that you have to do in C. If you learn C++ first then you will find it very difficult to learn some aspects of C, whereas if you learn C first, then learning C++ is easy, and you will feel really happy about it

Similar situation switching from C++ to C#. Of course, all the C family share such a close syntax that learning any off each other is so easy.

Best way to learn, in my opinion, would be C->C++->Java->C#. That way you not only go from low level to high level, but you gain more powerful tools along the way.






I guess this question really comes down to philosophy, there is no real reason to use C in modern programming, for low level you would use C++, and for higher level you would use C#. I mean, you don't really even need to learn C++. But C++ has a lot of important aspects that will help you later.