Java is a good first language. Its easy to read, not too convoluted. highly recommend it as a starting point.
As for places - YouTube has plenty of material. microsoftvirtualacademy is also good for stuff.

bigdatauniversity.com is good for data analysis if you're into that.

java i guess

just go to oracles website or whatever and it can teach you a lot in a short amount of time

C

Python's a pretty decent language to learn. It's high-level, meaning the more intricate technical aspects are more taken care of for you.  Same goes for C#.

I had an easier time learning C++ than I did Java, but I think it's normally the other way around for people.

I recommend C++, Java, and Python.  StackOverflow is a good site for finding answers to arbitrary problems that at least one other person in the world has had before.  And if you have any basic C related questions, I might be able to help.

i dont know why you need any programming considering what you do. but im biased in my recommendations; matlab and python. java i guess, but i fucking hate java

Quote from: Naru on February 09, 2017, 02:00:14 PM

i dont know why you need any programming considering what you do. but im biased in my recommendations; matlab and python. java i guess, but i fucking hate java

My area of expertise is ICT (information and communications technology) law. It comprises everything in law related to data protection and privacy, software licenses / ToS, media and telecoms, cybercrime and cybersecurity (spam, hacking, DDoS attacks), data retention and mass surveillance, internet of things / AI / self-driving vehicles / drones, law enforcement and criminal investigations / procedure (network searches, crawlers, darkweb), encryption, human rights online (censorship, hate speech), net neutrality and so on.

Because of this I interact with programmers and engineers on a very regular basis. And as is often the case, we're considered the "bad guys" limiting what they can do. Communicating legal requirements to programmers and getting them to comply is often a major pain. I'm already reasonably well versed in the basics of IT systems and how computer programs work, but knowing more would help me understand "the technical partners" and their approach better as well as letting me get through to them more easily at the technical level. It's absolutely no necessity and I'm good at what I do as it is, but I think this could still help me in some cases.

For example, I was recently present at a high level workshop on Cloud computing and encryption. Five minutes into the first presentation and I was lost staring at slides full of mathematical formulas and code. Now I wasn't expected to understand this nor was it important (I don't think anyone on this forum save for maybe Turkey (?) would have any clue of what was going on), but it's the kind of stuff that makes me want to be more knowledgable on the technical and mathematical side of this.

well id recommend a course about logic to go with programming. programming is essentially making commands and understanding why and how they work. its really simple doing programming on paper, but yea, take java or C.