Are programming languages basically the same?

Hi John

The short and sweet answer, for me at least, would be yes, or more accurately the core concepts behind a programming language translate to other languages so long as those other languages follow the same model as the ones you've learned. By this I mean that if for example you have learnt and grasped the core foundations and concepts of an object oriented language such as C# then trying to pick up another OOP language such as Swift will be a far easier learning curve as if you know how to code and how to logically create solutions to problems all that's left is syntax.

Yes, sort of. Programming languages all do a lot of the same kinds of things. The stuff you're learning about conditional statements, variables, arrays, for loops, etc. is all applicable across all (most?) languages.

You'll find it much easier to learn your second language once you've learned a first. However, each language has its syntactic quirks, and - importantly - once you get past the basics of spitting out text into the console, each language has things it's good at and not so good at.

Once you've learned a bit of programming, the most important thing to ask yourself is what you want to make, and then try to find the best language for the task.

Thanks for your answers guys. It won't let me upvote or "best answer" either of you, but thanks anyway.