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Joopjoop + Coronary + Hyundai... ...totally made all those up, but by the time I get around to it they'll all probably exist, right? Point being, it is both al

Joopjoop + Coronary + Hyundai... ...totally made all those up, but by the time I get around to it they'll all probably exist, right? Point being, it is both alarming and overwhelming to me the sheer number of available frameworks and languages that all attempt to solve the same things. Even when I dedicate myself to learning whatever the "latest thing" is, it's only a matter of months until I feel behind the curve. I'll stick with C# on the back-end and React/ES6 on the front until something compellingly better comes along. The reasons NOT to use .NET on personal projects (especially the $ factor) are continually declining, and there's really nothing I've learned about that stack that doesn't readily translate to whatever other languages I've encountered thus far (Python, Ruby, Rust, Go, etc). The only thing I feel like I'm missing out on at times are algebraic data-types, so I guess I'll give a nod to Haskell on that front.

christophilus 9y ago
You might want to look into F#, if you're a .NET fan and want algebraic data-types.
fapjacks 9y ago
One could say that we're professional learners, and that learning things doesn't actually progress us in our career paths, but that our ability to learn -- the efficiency and rate at which we learn -- is the thing we get paid for.
- twodave 9y ago
  There's certainly some aspect of that, but there's also the need to create business impact, and in my experience that is the more valuable skill to maintain. It's all connected, though, naturally...
agumonkey 9y ago
Even before the recent language onset, univ had classes quoting papers on how large the number of programming languages is.
Scarbutt 9y ago
The $ factor is pretty big, who wants to deal with all that licensing crap? also, its not mature enough in linux but I get your point.
ccdev 9y ago
I've used C# for a few years and just started using it professionally this year. But never have used it for web dev. Is the .NET Entity Framework what is recommended today? What are some things I have to be aware of when setting up a web server coming from LAMP and MERN stacks?

christophilus 9y ago

You might want to look into F#, if you're a .NET fan and want algebraic data-types.

fapjacks 9y ago

One could say that we're professional learners, and that learning things doesn't actually progress us in our career paths, but that our ability to learn -- the efficiency and rate at which we learn -- is the thing we get paid for.

twodave 9y ago
There's certainly some aspect of that, but there's also the need to create business impact, and in my experience that is the more valuable skill to maintain. It's all connected, though, naturally...

agumonkey 9y ago

Even before the recent language onset, univ had classes quoting papers on how large the number of programming languages is.

Scarbutt 9y ago

The $ factor is pretty big, who wants to deal with all that licensing crap? also, its not mature enough in linux but I get your point.

ccdev 9y ago

I've used C# for a few years and just started using it professionally this year. But never have used it for web dev. Is the .NET Entity Framework what is recommended today? What are some things I have to be aware of when setting up a web server coming from LAMP and MERN stacks?