So what do you all believe the best first language is and why? I personally say Python or JavaScript because they are simple, and easy to understand

I second Python and JavaScript. I'd actually pick JS over Python because you won't have to install anything and you have examples of source code EVERYWHERE just by pressing ctrl-U

I need to learn python when I start college. I thought I might as well learn what I can now, that way school is a breeze when it comes to python. Any tips or resources you think you guys could give me?

I'm with @densedever and third JS

It's available and used everywhere and as he said: you don't have to install anything (except a decent browser)

The later versions of SICP are written in Python. Try looking that up. It's one of the best programming texts I've ever read.

The earlier versions I would argue are better because they teach you the pitfalls of the assignment operator and state-based programming after teaching you how to make a bunch of cool stuff without ever assigning mutable state to a variable!

Python is good. Java is fine. I'm a fan of ruby and think that'd be a good one.

@ScribeOfGoD solo learn is how i start then I move on to some books and YouTube coursrs

@Bubbles the trouble with solo is you might not learn the standards you're supposed too. You (not you) might know python, doesn't mean you know python well lol

@ScribeOfGoD I agree, that's where the books, YouTube, and other courses come in. Solo learn for me is just to train to learn the Syntax and I learn how to use it for things I want when I look somewhere else!