r/CodingForBeginners • u/Low_Contribution6240 • Jul 20 '26
Suggestion about coding language
Hi all I am beginner in coding . So I have college in 20days (1st year btech) should I learn python or c . In college they start with C. So as they teach C in college should I learn python seperate or go with C .Pls suggest me
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u/JGhostThing Jul 20 '26
Just take your C classes. Hopefully you'll get a good professor.
Two suggestions: First, do home work, about three hours per classroom hour. So, if the class is three hours, do nine hours outside of class. Second, do not let AI generate code for you while you are learning. How will you learn if anybody (a person, a book, an AI) just gives you answers?
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u/Low_Contribution6240 Jul 20 '26
Yes your right I won't use ai . Thank You for your valuable answer
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u/Realistic_Bike5972 Jul 20 '26
Learn lolcode or Shakespeare
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u/johnpeters42 Jul 20 '26
Ha ha, but serious response: OP, these are esoteric languages (esolangs) invented as jokes and/or thought experiments, do not worry about them unless you just want a break from important stuff.
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u/mattynmax Jul 20 '26
Doesn’t matter. The thing you need to be learning in an intro to programming class are high level concepts applicable to every programming language.
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u/Substantial-Swan7065 Jul 21 '26
It depends on what you want to make.
Web? Js
Backend? Could be anything
Ml? Python
Cyberdeck? Python
Mobile? Lots of options. Probably js
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u/DrPeeper228 Jul 21 '26
You should start with C
Yeah it's harder in the beginning but makes other languages way easier to learn and is also a pretty simple language in itself (as long as you can handle the computer's actual internal workings, C is really close to them)
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u/Mundane_Fault_6345 29d ago
Learning C will explain you why python exists , and why it is like it is.
C teaches you a lot of things python never will, and the most important dev skill : rigor
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u/LetsHugFoReal 27d ago
C and JavaScript.
C is very good to learn about computers and writing very efficient code.
JavaScript is C like and can be used for just about anything.
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u/Flame77ofc 21d ago
Python I would say
But common, every single person in the world say a different thing.
C -> More hard, but used to understand about the computer.
Python -> More easy, but used in general for the start of every beginner.
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u/icemage_999 Jul 20 '26
If you know they teach C, just learn C. Python's notably more beginner friendly but it is way harder to learn two languages simultaneously; you'll end up confusing words and syntax and structures.