What programming languages should I learn for CSE before joining engineering colleges?

It's good to know a bit of coding, before joining the CSE undergraduate programme. Pick the right programming language for getting more comfortable with academic subjects like algorithms, data structures, OOP, etc. Many would suggest Python because of its great readability, or Java because of it power or C because of its simplicity. However, I'd like to suggest you to start with C+. Many would say that starting with a robust language like C+ would be a bad idea because of its complexity. But I'd like a highlight a few points. 1. C+ is a superset of C. Everything you can do with C, you could do with C+ with additional advantages. A C code with slight syntactic modifications would work fine on a C+ compiler. So you can do functional programming with C+.

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Preferably I'll tell you to learn C. C is also there in WBUT UG engineering syllabus for first year, so learning C in advance will help you to cope up with classes. Also while other will struggle learning C, you may learn advance C or other languages like C+ and Python. C+ is a subset of C, so it'll be really easy to learn C+ after leading C. In job interviews, they preferably ask questions from your basic knowledge of C. So learning C in depth is always welcome.

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