I wanted to develop a SO app, and I have no prior web programming experience.
I know C, C++ and a bit of Perl.
Is there an wrapper for the API in one of these languages? If not, what do you suggest?
Yes. A list of libraries can be found here: List of API client libraries grouped by programming language.
Someone suggested that link be placed in the side bar, but apparently no one with the juice to make it happen thinks that is a good idea.
I wrote a C++ wrapper. You can find details about it here: