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I'm not sure that learning a new language while developing for final product is a good idea, it will slow you down unless you are an expert. So I think it depen
by ptn 19y ago
I'm not sure that learning a new language while developing for final product is a good idea, it will slow you down unless you are an expert. So I think it depends on what you want: decent website right now = old language; really powerful stuff at some point in the future = new language.
- mrtron 19y agoI would absolutely disagree.
- edw519 19y ago"I'm not sure that learning a new language while developing for final product is a good idea" I KNOW it's not. I wasted 6 months on this same stupid question before coding it in what I knew best first. Don't make the same mistake as me. Minimize the number of unknowns. Your app is unknown. That should be the only unknown. Forget about scaling for now. Forget about learning new technology for now. They'll just take focus and energy away from the only important thing now: getting Your App 1.0 up and running. Code it with what you already know. When you're ready to rewrite it later (you know you'll have to), post your question again.
- Tichy 19y agoWhich language did you try to learn?
- edw519 19y agoI was trying to learn php along w/ MySQL. Nothing hard about it. Except every question was either "What do I want to do?" or "How do I do...?" By switching back to older technology I knew like the back of my hand, every question was, "What do I want to do?" because I already knew how. In my case, it wasn't just the choice of language, but also DBMS and operating system. Once the prototype was done, I starting my current phase, where all the questions are, "How do I do...?" Already have the what. IMO, a much more effective way to learn a new technology.