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Ben Halpern
Ben Halpern

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What was the first programming language that clicked for you?

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g-ashwin-shiva

c++

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Ben Halpern

Were there any that didn't click before you learned c++?

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g-ashwin-shiva

actual this was the only language that was taught in our school and most of the schools in India , so..., but i never tried any other language, other than html and sql , which are not programming per se,

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Tyler V. (he/him)

I never really struggled through the languages we used in my college classes (Python, Java, Bash Scripting) but I also wouldn't say I had a deep understanding of them.

My first job out of college was using a Low Code platform that introduced me to HTML/CSS - which again I didn't necessarily struggle with, but definitely wasn't using to the full potential 😅

And then at my next job JavaScript happened. I struggled so much through arrow functions and promises before they finally started to make sense and the feeling of power that unlocked was amazing 🥳

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Luis Castillo

I'm still learning I think the learning will never finish but I started with Ruby and I love Ruby.

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Yechiel (he/him)

Definitely Ruby!

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Ben Halpern

Same :)

It wasn't the first language I learned, but definitely the first one that clicked.

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Ayu Adiati

May I say HTML? 😊

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Jessie Rohrer

Ruby. I knew HTML/CSS prior to learning Ruby, and I had dabbled in JavaScript, C++, and a couple others. But Ruby is where all the concepts clicked for me.

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JackMichael Ward

In college I learned Java as it was the school had all new comp sci students learn right away. However, I did start programming when I was in high school and I started with HTML and CSS.

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Jelena

I'm gonna go with Python. It's not like I'm experienced developer, I did started learning JavaScript as well, but Python is love. I don't know if it is because of the its syntax, possibility to use it basically in every industry, or just because it is the first language I started learning :)

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Steve Nyholm

This is totally gonna date me... but my first language was Pascal. We had a high school AP class in Pascal and I took it for the GPA boost.

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Angelfirenze

HTML/CSS was my first coding experience, thanks to Livejournal. I've been learning programming since 2004.