1) Pretty much any programming language you've heard of is probably capable of solving most of the problems you're likely to want to solve. 2) Some programming

1) Pretty much any programming language you've heard of is probably capable of solving most of the problems you're likely to want to solve. 2) Some programming languages are better choices for solving certain problems than others. Python for instance has a wide range of Machine Learning libraries that are very important for anything to do with analyzing data: though you can certainly use many of those tools from other languages. JavaScript is the language of the browser and basically is a necessity for building dynamic websites, and also has some great advantages on the server with Node.js. 3) For most people, IMO either JavaScript or Python is a fairly safe bet, depending on what you want to do. Personally I'd recommend JavaScript just because you can start using it in the browser right away without necessarily requiring too much complicated setup and you can get an instant visual feedback more interesting than just seeing program output in a file or terminal.