| There are over 300 programming languages currently in existence today however only about a dozen of the most
commonly used languages would be candidates for use in teaching an introductory programming course to
engineering students. This short list would likely include languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, MATLAB,
OCTAVE, R, Python, Ruby and Visual Basic. One approach would be to use a language such as C, C++, C#,
Visual Basic, Java or Ruby which tend to be lower level languages with a more difficult learning curve for
beginning programmers. Another approach would be to use a language like MATLAB, OCTAVE, R or Python
which are higher level languages with somewhat less difficult learning curves for beginning programmers.
Advantages and disadvantages each of these approaches is discussed as well as other general considerations for
choosing a programming language for an introductory programming course for engineering students.
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