Baby's First Programming Language

[Clockwork Pyrite]

One day I decided I wanted to take up coding, and arbitrarily chose C++.

Was this a bad choice for someone who has never programmed before?

If not, what guides can you recommend me?

[Death Dark]

C++ is not the beginner's language in that it's not necessarily easy.

C++ is a good language to start on, however, because if you learn it, you can learn just about anything.  It was my first programming language, and I've done well with it thus far.  It has a very hands-off kind of approach, meaning you have plenty of freedom to do what you want.  As Croteau puts it, "It gives you the rope, and lets you tie your own noose."

Though, honestly, learning the language isn't particularly hard.  I have a small tutorial in the "General Notspam" section.  While it's a bit old, it covers the basics.  If you'll be using it, I'll go back through and straighten things up a bit and start to add more content.

If you don't decide to go with C++, try Visual BASIC and/or Python.  While they won't give you proper understanding of the more difficult languages, they're easier to use.

If you have any trouble with C++ or VB, feel free to ask me about it (Forte might even help, too).

[Forte]

I will stand beside Visual Basic like a brother. What a wonderfully useful programming language. It's what I started with, and as far as I'm concerned, IS baby's first programming language. Except it grows up with you and stops being a picture book and becomes War and Peace.

[Clockwork Pyrite]

>visual BASIC

Don't mind me, just coding what you're coding in.