RE: Programming

["Ernest Nelson" <juridian () juridian com>]

I would suggest that you evaluate the different areas of software
development available to you and see what interests you.  Do you want to do
web applications?  Web services?  Database work?  Video games?

A bit of research into this will go a long way since it can narrow down the
languages you might use and keep you from wasting your time by going down
the wrong path.

My personal suggestions for beginner languages are C#, C++ or Java.  The
first and last have a decent learning curve, less opportunity to shoot
yourself in the foot, and built in support for multithreading and database
access.

All can be used on multiple platforms, all are in relatively high demand,
and all are well documented and easy to get training or help for.

If you need any more help feel free to shoot me a msg.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dayz () planet nl [mailto:dayz () planet nl] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 12:17 AM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com 
> Subject: Programming
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I want to begin with learning programming to increase my
> knowledge about
> security, but I don't know where to begin. Can someone tell me which
> programming language is good to start with, and pherhaps what book
> and/or online guides I should take a look at?
> It would be nice that if I learn a programming language that it
> shouldn't be much work to understand another one.
>
> I am on Linux and Windows.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ben