Most beneficial scripting language to start on.

[Dragonoid.Slayer]

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What is the best scripting language to learn overall?

[Ad Bot]

[Headcrab Zombie]

Does it have to be a scripting language?
If so (why?) then PHP is the most widely used scripting language I can think of

[LeetZero]

Does it have to be a scripting language?
If so (why?) then PHP is the most widely used scripting language I can think of

This.
PHP and JavaScript are pretty much the essentials.

[Dragonoid.Slayer]

Does it have to be a scripting language?

Uhh, what did I do wrong?

[Moppy]

Uhh, what did I do wrong?

I think you meant programming language, buddy.

[WaterOre]

English is a pretty good language to write scripts in.

[Steve5451²]

python is probably a good start.

[Drydess]

JavaScript is great, although another useful thing to know (although it's not really a programming language) is HTML, and CSS with it.

[Headcrab Zombie]

Uhh, what did I do wrong?

A scripting language is a language that, instead of being compiled into a standalone executable, is instead interpreted at runtime, and thus usually requires users to install that runtime (to run a python script, you need to install python. To run a php script, you need to install php. Etc.)

Is this a requirement, or do you mean a programming language in general?