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Should I learn Matlab or Mathematica? Matlab is almost a subset of Mathematica. Matlab has a lot of functionality, math functions, functional manipulation, whatever. Things like curve fitting and...

Should I learn Flash or Java? Adobe has decided it isn’t going to develop a future generation of Flash. So Flash is just a flash in the pan? It isn’t going to go away overnight; they made that...

Should I learn Visual Basic or C#? They are pretty similar in terms of features. Which one should I learn? It's not a bad idea to learn both. There are plenty of VB.NET systems on Microsoft...

Should I learn JavaScript before Objective C? Those two languages have very little in common. Well, both might be used to display a game on your iPhone. I’ve heard that C programming languages are...

I just got a new Android phone. What are the best apps for Android? That depends on what you want to do. Are you working from the device, organizing your life or trying to create life hacks? All of...

Should I learn Flash or C++? There is a whole bevy of articles talking about how Adobe Flash is about to go dim, approaching the end of its life. While Adobe says they won’t support it, Google Chrome...

Should I learn programming before college? Oh, I would have loved to learn HTML, Java, Perl or Python in high school instead of French or German. Spanish is at least practical, because you need it to...

Should I learn Ruby or JavaScript? Ruby runs on the server side. Javascript runs on the client-side. You make it sound like they are totally different. The two are not entirely exclusive. You could...

Should I learn Java or Objective C First? Objective C is a pretty tight niche. You'll only be able to program for the iPhone. There are other iOS devices. Not a lot of them. There are around a...

My iPad is fully charged but won’t turn on. What can I do? You can certainly rule out that the reason it won’t turn on is the charge. Well, that is totally obvious. Is the battery properly seated in...