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by johntdaly 5y ago
Go with 14, it is the current LTS. If you use NVM (node version manager) you can install multiple versions of node concurrently and switch between them. You might need that if you are fallowing a tutorial that uses an oder Node version. I w
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by johntdaly 5y ago
Yes. You have multiple runtimes with JavaScript, more than just Node.js or Deno. While I like Deno I would recommend against it because right now you don’t have as many libs or tutorials out there to get you started. That would make learnin
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by johntdaly 5y ago
If you already know Python don’t go with something like JavaScript: The Definitive Guide and just go for some basic tutorials. JavaScript is a tiny language with nearly any base library at all. You should be able to get learn the basic synt
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by johntdaly 7y ago
Keep it simple. Beckett was Irish and wrote in French to force himself to keep it simple and that won him Nobel Prize. You should do the same. Often you have Ideas about how you should write from your native language that will only serve to
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by johntdaly 7y ago
JavaScript, another backend language, a SQL or a NoSQL DB, git, Linux/Unix. Look at what backend languages are used in your area (PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, C#, JavaScript/Node.js) and learn one. Look at what JavaScript frameworks a
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by johntdaly 7y ago
Yea, but no. The one thing I really liked about PHP was the way it worked. You can always reason your way from script start to finish but there were/are a lot of problems with the language. The libs have problems, I don’t like where th
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by johntdaly 7y ago
No, we just got version 6 and it has some nice features. The development over the last years was good but if we are honest Rails is not the cool kid anymore. About 6 years ago I moved from my Rails job to a node.js job and 3 years ago I mov
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by johntdaly 7y ago
The languages haven’t changed all that much. PHP, Ruby, Python and so on are still relevant. Instead of wanting to use Erlang (and not using it) you might want to use Elixir (and still not using it). Honestly the biggest change is that we n
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by johntdaly 7y ago
I would say it’s only worth learning Perl 5 if you work in a shop that has a lot of old Perl code, otherwise Python is probably the most sensible option to learn (as much as it pains me to say) if you haven’t got a job yet. It will also hel
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by johntdaly 7y ago
Really? Appeal to Authority and that from a guy that as computer scientist isn’t even an authority in biology? I thought this is hacker news, so WTF!
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by johntdaly 9y ago
You mean besides prestige, power, the support of a significant part of the worlds military in its wars (and there are many), the ability to freely sell its products in the largest economies in the world, the ability cooperate with companies
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by johntdaly 9y ago
The biggest problem I see is language recognition. Dialects where once a major problem and I can imagine having a heavy accent will be a problem here too. Another problem would be grammar. You are not just learning vocabulary you are also l
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by johntdaly 9y ago
If you remove Facebook from that list you will find the US is leading in cloud, OS and hardware providers. If you look closer things get more complicated. Samsung and Foxconn? Arm? If you look at the history thing get more complicated too.
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by johntdaly 9y ago
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by johntdaly 9y ago
1) Go to meetups. 2) Go to conferences. I’ve found a good conference revitalizes me on many levels, when I start feeling l don’t want to do this anymore, when I am in a rut. I find a good conference makes me love my job again. 3) Find a fri
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by johntdaly 9y ago
I know my previous company has one blockchain project and AI based project planned. Don’t know about the AI project but the blockchain project will start sometime soon. They are a small company and not on anybody’s radar. My current company
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by johntdaly 9y ago
JavaScript has the best interoperability with JavaScript. What exactly are you asking? What server language is the best for writing backbends to single page apps? Use node.js, you don’t have to learn another language. What other languages c