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Posted by Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

Need a bit of advice.

Hi guys! I have found myself in a bit of a dilemma at the moment. I have been programming for years now and am currently studying my A Level in Computing. However, since I started programming I have always switched between different languages at different times which means I have never really got to know one language very well.

Recently, after following advice someone gave me, I have decided that I will pick one language and stick with it whilst I am learning and then if needs be I can pick up the other languages in the future. Unfortunately though I am stuck between 3 different languages which I want to learn all for different reasons. These 3 languages are Swift, Python and Java.

I really like each of these languages in different ways which makes it hard for me alone to make a decision.

Do you have have any advice for me?

2 Answers

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points
Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Luke, I don't think you need to make a decision, but rather, get started with what you want to learn. I also don't think anyone can recommend what you learn. However, if you provide some information as to why you like each of the languages: your interests, what excites you, etc., maybe we can steer you in the right direction.

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

I am really interested in just learning all of the concepts as fast as possible and being able to create some awesome projects such as simple games, apps and more! My list of languages was originally bigger than this but I managed to refine it down to just 3.

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Luke, you might check out some of these articles.

Jeffrey Pavlov
Jeffrey Pavlov
16,191 Points
Jeffrey Pavlov
Jeffrey Pavlov
16,191 Points

Hey Luke, sounds like your trying to find your "core" language. The language that you can really excel in. That is cool to hear and I would like to suggest Java, it is widely used and you can easily find support when you run into a trouble.

From what I have picked up in my career, is that as a programmer, I have to pick up other languages rather quickly or figure out the parts of the language to accomplish the task. So your python, object-c, Swift will fall in place when needed.

Good luck to you, hope to see ya teaching some Java course on Treehouse!

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

Thank you Jeffrey for the suggestion.

Alright thank you very much for the information I greatly appreciate it. I shall consider this when I reach my final decision.

-Luke