How to Choose a Programming Language

by Treehouse.com

What you will learn: This post gets you to think about why you want to learn to program, and then gives some basic – but handy – guidelines for each of the different languages out there. 

Learn Which Programming Language to Choose (INFOGRAPHIC)

by Lifehacker

What you will learn: This detailed infographic gives you more insight into the history of each language along with how and why they are used. You will come across a lot of terminology here – google is your best friend in programming, and learning about the basic languages and associated terminology is no exception to the ‘google it’ rule!

4 Ways to Pick Your First Programming Language

by Udacity

What you will learn: This infographic looks at different programming use cases (web dev, game design, etc) and shows which languages are more useful for each case. 

Before you do anything else, we highly recommend you check out one of the free courses at Codecademy. Here’s why: they allow you try out coding without having worry about any of the technical details in how to get set up on your computer. They have a clean, easy to use interface, and they cover most of the major languages. It’s all self paced, but by the end you’ll get a really solid feel for whether or not you’ve chosen the right language, as well as a better understanding of what that language is capable of.

Here are links to each of the major languages they cover:

HTML/CSS – 7 hour course

JavaScript – 10 hour course

JQuery – 3 hour course

PHP – 4 hour course

Python – 13 hour course

Ruby – 9 hour course

The Complete Web Developer Course 2.0

Cost: $50 (but check for special offers)

Length: 30.5 hours of self-paced work.

What you will learn: Learn By Doing – build 25 websites and real mobile apps using HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, Python, MySQL and a lot more.

The Web Developer Boot Camp

Cost: $35 (but check for special offers)

Length: 41.5 hours of self-paced work.

What you will learn: Learn web development – HTML, CSS, JS, Node, and More!

Introduction to Coding with Python

Cost: $20 (but check for special offers)

Length: 5 hours of self-paced work.

What you will learn: This course covers the basics of the Python programming language.

Introduction to Coding with Ruby

Cost: $20 (but check for special offers)

Length: 3.5 hours of self-paced work.

What you will learn: Introduction to coding with Ruby.

Programming for Entrepreneurs – JavaScript

Cost: $20 (but check for special offers)

Length: 2.5 hours of self-paced work.

What you will learn: Learn JavaScript from scratch and get started with that website/app/game project!