Re: Good resource for beginning programmers

  • From: Alex Midence <alex.midence@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:24:02 -0600

I am not at a stage in my learning where I can do well at explaining
this so, I have provided some links for you to explore:

Scripting language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language

Programming language:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language

Be warned:  This will create more questions for you.  Have fun!!!

Alex M




On 11/17/10, Client Services <operations@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi-
> What is the difference between a scripting language and a programming
> language?
> So if PHP and Python are scripting languages, what programming language are
> they written in?
> And why are they called scripting languages?
>
> H.R. Soltani
>
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 3:52 PM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Good resource for beginning programmers
>
> You've got scripting languages and programming languages there.
> Javascript is client side scripting.  Websites run scripts on the
> visitor's machine to dynamically change themselves according to
> stimuli.  Php is a scripting language that does dynamic webpage
> changing among other things from the server side.  It is used in
> conjunction with database solutions like my sql and the like.  Java
> and C are both programming languages.  Java is a high level
> object-oriented language that runs on a virtual machine.  It is used
> to create applets and web apps for all sorts of functions.  Java is
> also used to create desktop  applicaitons like, for instance, Eclipse,
> Open Office, and things of that nature.  C is a low-level procedural
> programming language that is used for desktop aplications and
> low-level programming such as drivers, utilities and the like.
> Certain platforms are also written in C like, for instance, Windoes is
> in C.  I believe Gnome was also written in C.  I went into this detail
> because your post indicated that you thought these were all web
> development languages and they are not.  Python is a scripting
> language that can do a lot of the same things programming languages
> can do and has a reputation for being easy to learn and fostering
> rapid development.  An applications that php could not create, IMHO is
> a screen reader.  Python was used to create two of them.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Alex M
>
>
> On 11/17/10, Client Services <operations@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi everybody-
>> I am trying to decide where to start as far as learning programming.
>> I decided I would focus on 1. PHP, 2. JavaScript, 3. Java, 4. C
>> I figured these are being used the most in web development and custom
>> applications. So, where does Python come in?  How would you compare Python
>> with Java, PHP, and C??
>> Can anybody give me an example of what cannot be developed in PHP which
> can
>> be developed in Python?
>> Or how about Java vs Python if PHP is to lowly?  I have just heard PHP has
>> limitations.
>>
>>
>>
>> H.R. Soltani
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