Language Recommendations For Newbie Programmer?

[Sussex_Chris]

I am looking into making a couple of bots that can manage my accounts, auto login, retrieve data etc to save me a lot of time and cross-examine the data easily.

I can code server side scripts in PHP/Javascript/HTML/MySQL etc but I have never looked into client side programming.

I purchased an ebook, "HTTP Programming For C# Bots" but I didn't have the slightest clue what they were on about, I really need something that is going to take me from A-Z like the O'Reillys PHP Book (Which is awesome).

Does anybody have any recommendations for which programming language would be easiest and fastest to learn so I can develop a simple application for personal use?

And also any recommended guides in the language that you recommend?

[drhowarddrfine]

Are you talking about a web application? PHP and javascript can do all that, and you already know them, so...there ya' go.

[Sussex_Chris]

Are you talking about a web application? PHP and javascript can do all that, and you already know them, so...there ya' go.
No, I will be looking for a PC based application rather than an online app as I will have a lot of private information stored in the program that I would prefer not to have on my server in the case of it getting hacked.

[cs_student]

If performance is of a big issue, then maybe have a look at C/C++.
For a good language with lots of documentation and a great API, check out Java (http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/).
Python (http://www.python.org/) is a great language, too, which allows you to completely avoid memory allocation and type declarations. It's also very OOP oriented.

Both python and Java make it easy to create cross-platfrom software since they are both interpreted during runtime.

[gtguy87]

If performance is of a big issue, then maybe have a look at C/C++.
For a good language with lots of documentation and a great API, check out Java (http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/).
Python (http://www.python.org/) is a great language, too, which allows you to completely avoid memory allocation and type declarations. It's also very OOP oriented.

Both python and Java make it easy to create cross-platfrom software since they are both interpreted during runtime.

Agree! C/C++ for performance and Java for ease of use and good APIs. Plus, the latter is cross platform.