Hello please suggest a programming language i can learn so as to be able to make my own apps like facebook and aslo suggest any online class i can learn the programming language no matter the cost

Start with swahili

Facebook and Amazon are web applications. Web applications are typically divided into the front end(client side) and the back end(server side).

Facebook front end is made with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. It uses a multitude of languages on its backend the most recent being the perl programming language. React a JavaScript Framework is also used on its front end.

If you want to build something like Facebook you have to learn HTML CSS and JavaScript pick up one of its frameworks like react, angular or Vue.

Once you are comfortable with your front end skills then you need to pick up a back end language. You could learn node js or python or C++ or perl. Then learn a database. I don't really know which one Facebook uses though.

You could make some research on Amazon.

If you mean app like mobile then you have two/three options depending on the mobile platform. On android Kotlin is the winner here or you could also go with Java but google announced earlier that Kotlin is the way forward. On ios Swift is the winner.

I know some might include React Native or Flutter(Dart) based on the promise of cross platform development but when you are building enterprise rated apps like the facebook app, you will easily get handicapped by these two as they are not natively supported by either Android or Ios.

For Kotlin check freecodecamp youtube channel for kotlin android development course, and for android development Head first Android Development book is a good start for using Java. I don't really have much idea on swift but you could check freecodecamp swift course on youtube for a start.

If you mean app like web app, I will recommend JavaScript for a programming noob as it can be used for back end and front end purposes. Front end means what your users will see and here JavaScript is becoming the go-to due to the rise of frameworks like React, Angular and Vue.

If you go through the Frameworks path for your frontend, you won't need to write HTMl, but a solid knowledge of Html is still needed. To style what your users see CSS is the tool to be used here.

Back end means what controls what your users see and how they interact with your web app and JavaScript is also recommended here as you won't need to learn a new programming language. Express running on NodeJs is a formidable tool for back end as it powers some of today's popular website. Other languages for back end like Python's Django, Java's servlet provides similar capabilities to NodeJs Express but Google's golang comes out on top if you are worried about concurrency and stability of your web app. Honourable mentions include Rust, C++ (I think both are overkill for web dev) and the ageing php.

Happy Programming.

Shepherdd:
If you mean app like mobile then you have two/three options depending on the mobile platform. On android Kotlin is the winner here or you could also go with Java but google announced earlier that Kotlin is the way forward. On ios Swift is the winner.

I know some might include React Native or Flutter(Dart) based on the promise of cross platform development but when you are building enterprise rated apps like the facebook app, you will easily get handicapped by these two as they are not natively supported by either Android or Ios (even facebook the owner of react native uses it sparingly and for nothing serious).

For Kotlin check freecodecamp youtube channel for kotlin android development course, and for android development Head first Android Development book is a good start for using Java. I don't really have much idea on swift but you could check freecodecamp swift course on youtube for a start.

Happy Programming.

Facebook app is made with react native. Check GitHub.

tensazangetsu20:

Facebook app is made with react native. Check GitHub.

You are right. I was talking about their iOS messenger not using RN because of speed and size of RN.

Saneesk:
Hello please suggest a programming language i can learn so as to be able to make my own apps like facebook and aslo suggest any online class i can learn the programming language no matter the cost

Facebook and Amazon software engineer have high analytic and technical skills in solving critical problems.

I will recommend you develop your analytic skills by studying your basic algebra, then you can start with HTML5/CSS3, javascript and C++.

No company will release their source code, don't mind folks saying Facebook is built with this and that language.

Checked Wikipedia. First version was made using php or so. Don't know it's closed source self.

SegFault:
Checked Wikipedia. First version was made using php or so. Don't know it's closed source self.

Wikipedia will deceive you, don't rely on their information.
Facebook have high level of security, because of that, they will never release the programming language they use.

Tim1212:


Wikipedia will deceive you, don't rely on their information.
Facebook have high level of security, because of that, they will never release the programming language they use.

It's not about the programming language. Facebook core is written with PHP albeit a modified one. And I know this because their junior developers sometimes ask questions on stack overflow and will later reveal their identity. There was this one that asked a question about a code and people were like what kind of PHP is this. strange!! And they use many other programming languages too for different things like c++ for proxy server and chat server.

Having Facebook source code doesn't mean you can tommorow produce your own Facebook because it is so decoupled that you won't even know what does what or even have the capability to buy or rent the servers for your operation. There was this Amazon employee that made a claim of having Amazon's website source code circa 2015 and he couldn't do shit with it (He might not be lying cause many of their staff always say the same thing about less security).

Shepherdd:


It's not about the programming language. Facebook core is written with PHP albeit a modified one. And I know this because their junior developers sometimes ask questions on stack overflow and will later reveal their identity. There was this one that asked a question about a code and people were like what kind of PHP is this. strange!! And they use many other programming languages too for different things like c++ for proxy server and chat server.

Having Facebook source code doesn't mean you can tommorow produce your own Facebook because it is so decoupled that you won't even know what does what or even have the capability to buy or rent the servers for your operation. There was this Amazon employee that claimed of having Amazon's website source code circa 2015 and he couldn't do shit with it (He might not be lying cause many of their staff always say the same thing about less security).

That's true bro, php applications runs on Facebook website, because it needs to communicate with database on a server; every programmer should know that.

It is easy to mention the technology you used for your website but can not release the source code.

Note: Not the one rendered by web browser..

Tim1212:


Wikipedia will deceive you, don't rely on their information.
Facebook have high level of security, because of that, they will never release the programming language they use.

Deceive what? It is the first version I am talking about, the first facebook. Wikipedia screens their information from time to time and even block accounts for wrong info.

SegFault:

Deceive what? It is the first version I am talking about, the first facebook. Wikipedia screens their information from time to time and even block accounts for wrong info.

That's true bro