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There are plenty of reasons to learn new languages and frameworks. Dismissing them because of 'new and shiny' is not a good reason.
by zinclozenge 7y ago
There are plenty of reasons to learn new languages and frameworks. Dismissing them because of 'new and shiny' is not a good reason.
- azangru 7y agoSure, but this is the objection to the substance of the response, not the way it is delivered (which is what the parent comment is unhappy about).
- tracer4201 7y agoThe only reason to learn most of these frameworks is if your line of work has a high chance you’d inherit, need to support, and/or build new features on top of such a code base. Otherwise, we don’t need 10 different tools for building—what is at the end of the day—a simple website or CRUD application. Complexity isn’t a good thing. Creating complexity is the first sign of inexperienced coders.
- SahAssar 7y agoOne good reason is to learn different ways of doing things. I think the best way to understand why something is the way it is is to look at different ways it could be done and what are the pro/cons of it. I've seen many times that trying and understanding a new framework leads to me implementing something in a better way in a framework I was already using.
- rumanator 7y ago> Dismissing them because of 'new and shiny' is not a good reason. How about putting a pin on technologies that are unproven and immature? Because many projects (and careers) have died a painful death because an overeager developer decided to bet the farm on a shiny flavor of the month because it was trending.