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If you have a negative outlook on all 3, why not find a language that you do like, and start from there? I think one of the easiest things to learn (the basics

If you have a negative outlook on all 3, why not find a language that you do like, and start from there? I think one of the easiest things to learn (the basics, not the fine intricacies) right now, thanks to the explosion of web technologies, is Javascript. You already have an environment to run it in (any browser), and if you actually like it, you can advance to something like Node (ignore the hyperbole around both it's magical properties and it's carcinogens) to write "bigger" projects in. But overall, take pilot_pirxs' advice. He is spot on.

pfraze 15y ago
Good point. Node is as much for CLI as it is for web servers; plenty of libraries to make that and web scraping easy, and you get to have the browser as an environment. Lots of mileage there.
- netbyte 15y ago
  What are some resources to get me started with Node? P.S I have no knowledge of Javascript
netbyte 15y ago
I don't have a negative output on Perl, its just that I wonder if its still worth learning because of the small community everyone talks about.
- chromatic 15y ago
  Small community? That's a perception issue, and it's unfair (though understandable). Perl's installed almost everywhere, used almost everywhere, and has the biggest repository of free and freely redistributable libraries known to mankind in the CPAN. Language hipsters who've flocked from Ruby to Erlang to Clojure to Node.js may not yak about it as much as they do their new shiny, but don't confuse that for widespread use.
  - netbyte 15y ago
    Thanks. I'll try out Perl.
    - chromatic 15y ago
      If you have a little bit of existing programming experience, my book Modern Perl may be of interest to you. Electronic versions are free and freely redistributable: http://modernperlbooks.com/books/modern_perl/ http://modernperlbooks.com/books/modern_perl/
      - netbyte 15y ago
        This seems like just a reference, a lot doesn't make sense to me.
netbyte 15y ago
Another down to Javascript is that you have to kinda pay to have a website, therefore I wouldn't be able to publish for free.
- YuriNiyazov 15y ago
  Free web hosting has been around since the nineties. https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Node-Hosting https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Node-Hosting
  - netbyte 15y ago
    Wow Thanks!

pfraze 15y ago

Good point. Node is as much for CLI as it is for web servers; plenty of libraries to make that and web scraping easy, and you get to have the browser as an environment. Lots of mileage there.

netbyte 15y ago
What are some resources to get me started with Node? P.S I have no knowledge of Javascript

netbyte 15y ago

I don't have a negative output on Perl, its just that I wonder if its still worth learning because of the small community everyone talks about.

chromatic 15y ago
Small community? That's a perception issue, and it's unfair (though understandable). Perl's installed almost everywhere, used almost everywhere, and has the biggest repository of free and freely redistributable libraries known to mankind in the CPAN. Language hipsters who've flocked from Ruby to Erlang to Clojure to Node.js may not yak about it as much as they do their new shiny, but don't confuse that for widespread use.
- netbyte 15y ago
  Thanks. I'll try out Perl.
  - chromatic 15y ago
    If you have a little bit of existing programming experience, my book Modern Perl may be of interest to you. Electronic versions are free and freely redistributable: http://modernperlbooks.com/books/modern_perl/ http://modernperlbooks.com/books/modern_perl/
    - netbyte 15y ago
      This seems like just a reference, a lot doesn't make sense to me.

netbyte 15y ago

Another down to Javascript is that you have to kinda pay to have a website, therefore I wouldn't be able to publish for free.

YuriNiyazov 15y ago
Free web hosting has been around since the nineties. https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Node-Hosting https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Node-Hosting
- netbyte 15y ago
  Wow Thanks!