Mine was BASIC - specifically, BASIC on an Apple IIGS my dad bought for us in 1987 or 88 (I forget which, I was young).
I learned it from my middle school math textbooks, which included entire units on how to code in BASIC. My math teacher always skipped them, which I hated, because I was much better at coding than I was at calculating.
Cool, another Liberty BASIC practitioner! What do you code in these days?
When I was in elementary school, I learned Scratch using a book from the library. It was nice to learn the fundamentals, but I would consider Python my first real programming language. (Real meaning something with syntax.)
Today, I hate Python and only use Rust and JavaScript/TypeScript.
my first programming language was python because i was looking for a language to learn and a lot of people suggested it. im now trying to learn javascript because i want to learn some webdev stuff.
My first language was LOGO too way back in the 3rd grade. We didn’t even realize we were programming, we were just drawing pictures. I think I used BASIC at some point in middle school and then either C++ or Java later on.
technically i started learning with block code back in middle school-- and i think that was in scratch! but my first actual written code was in javascript. i use c & c++ more nowadays, just since the majority of coding i’ve been doing lately has been for uni. i honestly like the way c is written, the only issue i have is that i HATE writing class constructors.
My first contact with a programming language was in high school with a language called PSeInt, although I don’t really count it since it’s just a basic pseudocode language. My first real language was C++, then Java in university. Later, I discovered Python and it became my favorite due to its aesthetics and simplicity. Currently, I only write TypeScript and Ruby since I work as a web developer, but I’m really eager to go back to lower-level languages like Rust.
TI-Basic on the TI-83+/84+ series of calculators, as well as Game Maker Language – both for writing games. I don’t use either one nowadays, since I gave my TI-84+SE out to someone else and I moved away from Game Maker pretty quickly.
BASIC on the Amstrad CPC 6128. Doing amazing things like changing the colour of the border of the screen and getting the Amstrad to ask me ‘Wargames’ style questions😅
I have such a soft spot for that machine. I’m sure I won’t ever be able to remember every disc we had for it, but I’d like to try to recreate the experience.