[closed] Best programming language for beginners?

I would recommend Python. It's a great language and since it's simple, it's easy to learn. The documentation is amazing! (It's also cross-platform and open source)

Some example code for you (will run in both 3.x and 2.x) :

import random

my_variable = random.randint(0, 100)

if my_variable > 42 :
    print("The world will now explode. Please panic")
elif my_variable < 42 :
    print("The world will still explode.")
else :
    print("YOU WIN!!")

or

# This is a comment
while True :
    print("duh")

Although there are a lot of different IDEs, I would recommend Notepad++ if you're on Windows. On Linux (which I use) I would highly recommend Geany.

If you do choose Python, I think the hardest decision to make is between version 2.7 and 3.1. It's weird because both are supported. To decide which one to choose, you must first decide what you're going to do. Older python libraries are usually incompatible with 3.x, so you'll need to use 2.x. Some of the bigger libraries under active development now run on 3.x. 3.1 has new features, but things just "work" on 2.7. More info here on the Python wiki.

Java is relatively easy once you know the basics