Intro to Programming and Python

Other high-level 'scripting' languages

Perl

• http://www.perl.com/
• Very powerful, especially string operation & regular expression.
• Traditionally heavily used in bioinformatics. Many applications, such as Gbrowse (used in XenBase), and EnsEMBL, are still using it.
• Almost everything is available at CPAN (The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network).
• Learning PERL is great book to learn how to program in general.
• http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/How_Perl_saved_human_genome ("How PERL saved human genome" by Lincoln D. Stein)
• http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Main_Page (BioPERL - collection of PERL modules related to biology)

Ruby

• https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/
• A kind of hybrid of PERL and object-oriented language.
• Get popular by huge success of 'Ruby On Rails' web framework.
• https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/
• https://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ )"Learn to Program"
• https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/quickstart/ (Ruby in 20 min.)
• Relatively new language, so it also provides Ruby from other languages.

Real 'programming' languages

Java

• Eclipse is highly recommended IDE for Java development
• http://www.mindviewinc.com/Books/TIJ4/ ("Thinking In Java" by Bruce Eckel) 3rd edition for free

C#

• 'Java-like' language developed by Microsoft.
• Microsoft Visual Studio Express will be your friend.

Languages for the web

• php
• javascript

See also

• http://stackoverflow.com/ (Have a question? Check this out first!)
• http://pleac.sourceforge.net/ (Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook; inspired by PERL Cookbook).
• http://thenextweb.com/dd/2012/10/21/so-you-want-to-be-a-programmer-huh-heres-25-ways-to-learn-online/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_programming_languages