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Best programming language for hacking - SIM-5186353 - Jan 23, 2024
What do you think is the best programming language for hacking?
RE: Best programming language for hacking - Euaggelistes - Jan 23, 2024
(Jan 23, 2024 08:29 AM)SIM-5186353 Wrote: What do you think is the best programming language for hacking?
This really depends on what you want to do.
If you're looking to do web hacking/pentesting: python, ruby, js, SQL
If you're looking more into cracking, you'll want C++, Rust, Assembly.
RE: Best programming language for hacking - SIM-5186353 - Jan 23, 2024
(Jan 23, 2024 09:28 AM)Euaggelistes Wrote: This really depends on what you want to do.
If you're looking to do web hacking/pentesting: python, ruby, js, SQL
If you're looking more into cracking, you'll want C++, Rust, Assembly.
thanks 🙂
RE: Best programming language for hacking - psickophant - Jan 23, 2024
IMO python is most the useful and practical. It is easy to learn as a first language because it is easy to read. It has a ton of support and great community to help with questions. Personally, I use python all the time for system automation/scripting. "Blackhat Python ver 2" is a great book that focuses on real world use cases for python in hacking/pentesting. Check it out.
RE: Best programming language for hacking - SIM-5186353 - Jan 23, 2024
(Jan 23, 2024 11:00 AM)psickophant Wrote: IMO python is most the useful and practical. It is easy to learn as a first language because it is easy to read. It has a ton of support and great community to help with questions. Personally, I use python all the time for system automation/scripting. "Blackhat Python ver 2" is a great book that focuses on real world use cases for python in hacking/pentesting. Check it out.
Thanks ✌
RE: Best programming language for hacking - Euaggelistes - Jan 23, 2024
(Jan 23, 2024 11:00 AM)psickophant Wrote: IMO python is most the useful and practical. It is easy to learn as a first language because it is easy to read. It has a ton of support and great community to help with questions. Personally, I use python all the time for system automation/scripting. "Blackhat Python ver 2" is a great book that focuses on real world use cases for python in hacking/pentesting. Check it out.
I second this, python is a very good way to go. Lots of documentation and users. Versatile with innumerable use cases.
RE: Best programming language for hacking - Lefty - Jan 24, 2024
I would say start out in .NET and work your way up from there, as some of the other languages can be a bit intimidating at first.
RE: Best programming language for hacking - MarkGold - Jan 24, 2024
python is very smart tool and it helps u a lot to brute or lure deep into hacking stuff and tools
RE: Best programming language for hacking - dotman094 - Oct 1, 2025
Python first—every major tool (Scapy, Impacket, pwntools, sqlmap) is written in it and the syntax is beginner-friendly.
Bash next—you’ll live in the terminal, so scripting quick loops/grep chains is daily life.
Then pick one low-level language: C for buffer-overflow work or Go for fast, static binaries.
JavaScript matters too once you hit web apps (XSS, CSRF, prototype pollution).
Learn those four and you can read/extend 90 % of public exploits.
RE: Best programming language for hacking - oRequiem - Oct 1, 2025
Python would be a good start. Can't go wrong with some good ole python