For any website to run and work, it will require HTML which stands for Hypertext Markup Language and CSS which Cascade Style Sheets. Both are fairly easy to learn but if you want to have a functional website CSS makes everything look pretty. HTML/CSS is an essential skill to have such that all websites are built on these current web technologies.

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2. Python

Fast and ultra portable programming language, used by some of the biggest tech companies in the  world like Google, Dropbox and YouTube. Python is super easy to learn,  recommended as a beginner’s programming language by many people including us.

Python is currently big on data Analytics, finances and data representation. Large banking and finance companies use this to comb through big data sets to predict what will the economy will look like, shares, stocks and other financial services.

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3. Ruby

Ruby is a high-level programming language and a popular general purpose language. Currently in high demand in the marketplace, as it has more commonly used with Ruby on Rails framework to develop web applications. Concise and readable, it is easy to pick up but also plenty powerful. Companies like Twitter, Soundcloud, Goodreads and Kickstarter got their products off the ground with Ruby.

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4. Javascript

JavaScript is the programming language of the web, works alongside HTML/CSS. It is currently one of the most popular and in demand skills in today’s job market for a good reason. JavaScript is the backbone of modern websites it enables additional functionality such as smooth scroll, responsive design and animations. Javascript is also the foundation of a lot of commonly used libraries like jQuery and frameworks like AngularJS, ReactJS and NodeJS.

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Where To Learn?

If you want to a career change the best place to start learning to program is Udacity, if you want to just up skill yourself the second best place is Udemy.  Udacity is slightly pricey which won’t work for some people with a tight budget or some students. Plus side is the courses are supported by big tech companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google. On Udemy you can choose various courses not just, programming, equally good as you can up skill yourself in other areas.

You would also like to check out Coursera and Code School

HELP With Programming!

If you ever get stuck while programming you can ask Google for some help. A few good websites to bookmark are Stackoverflow and Quora.