Which language do you want to learn next?

[Priapus]

Kotlin.

This.
I learnt Swift this yeah and Kotlin has similar syntax / rules; so it shouldn't be too difficult.

 

[Hamster]

Is Py then sensitive to Tabs/Spaces (I am totally ignorant wrt Py) ?

Yes. 4 space characters != 1 tab character

 

[Magnum]

Assembler.

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Scala

My new team is using Scala for new work. I'm busy helping maintain a critical PHP system that will be moved over to PHP7.

 

[Hamster]

I'd actually like to give Scala a go

 

[NewPerspectiveStudio]

Why is everyone turning to python? I'm still catching onto PHP.

Lol i agree with this, I dont like it it seems too millennial to me. Php and java have been good to me in my few years as a programmer. If i really could I would learn Objective-C or Swift or something along the lines for mobile dev but by the time i get to that even that market will be over saturated. So what im learning now, is how to make use of other peoples skills and sell it to other people

 

[Hamster]

I dont like it it seems too millennial to me.

That moment you realise Python is older than most millennials and other languages mentioned here.

In fact, if I'm not mistaken, Python turns 30 next year.

 

[NewPerspectiveStudio]

That moment you realise Python is older than most millennials and other languages mentioned here.

In fact, if I'm not mistaken, Python turns 30 next year.

Oh yes im well aware of that, im speaking in terms oh how its in trend right now. Im certainly not knocking it as a programming language either.... If it werent "trending"

I would probably learn it i dont like to do what everybody else does. I dont want to be like everybody else.

High waist pants have been around for ages too, millennial's love them , ruins my gym days.

 

[Thor]

I'd like to see some benchmarks python vs php7.2

Just for interest sake (and web dev specific as I understand python is capable of much more than just web development.)

 

[froot]

Started doing 4GL for work a few months ago, but would be keen on learning TypeScript and Python next.

 

[[)roi(]]

I'd actually like to give Scala a go

Why the face. Basic Scala is fairly easy to learn coming from either .Net or Java or the like.

I'd just say steer clear of Scalaz in the beginning; which is Scala's functional framework, because that can be quite scary stuff if you not comfortable with functional concepts on the whole. Either way you can tap into lighter weight functional implementations directly in base Scala without Scalaz or alternatively use Scala Cats, which is an arguably more approachable functional framework for Scala, and certainly better documented.

 

[Hamster]

Why the face.

Because we're not doing Scala here and I will need to find a job where they do use Scala

 

[Solarion]

Well got myself a C++ book, loaned from a friend who studied it not too long ago. Have all the study material too. This gonna be good.

 

[_kabal_]

Why the face. Basic Scala is fairly easy to learn coming from either .Net or Java or the like.

I'd just say steer clear of Scalaz in the beginning; which is Scala's functional framework, because that can be quite scary stuff if you not comfortable with functional concepts on the whole. Either way you can tap into lighter weight functional implementations directly in base Scala without Scalaz or alternatively use Scala Cats, which is an arguably more approachable functional framework for Scala, and certainly better documented.

slightly OT, but isnt the Scala community kind of in a mess at the moment, and is right on track for another python 2 vs 3 scenario?

 

[[)roi(]]

slightly OT, but isnt the Scala community kind of in a mess at the moment, and is right on track for another python 2 vs 3 scenario?

Not that I'm aware of; granted I'm more of a part time Scala enthusiast -- only on the rare occasion do I get to use it professionally.

Do you have a link that discusses this "mess at the moment"

 

[_kabal_]

Not that I'm aware of; granted I'm more of a part time Scala enthusiast -- only on the rare occasion do I get to use it professionally.

Do you have a link that discusses this "mess at the moment"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8IQ-X2HkGE

obviously I have looked no further than this, as I have no real interest in scala

 

[[)roi(]]

Because we're not doing Scala here and I will need to find a job where they do use Scala

Yeah, that makes sense.

Internationally the opportunities the opportunities are far greater; these two site are fairly good re opportunities for Scala, Haskell and others.

https://functional.works-hub.com/
https://functionaljobs.com/

 

[[)roi(]]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8IQ-X2HkGE

obviously I have looked no further than this, as I have no real interest in scala

Yeah, it never quite made it into the mainstream of languages, and the focus on Scalaz and the like arguably did the language more a disservice than anything else re the complexity curve for newcomers is almost unscalable without a strong FP footing. In that way John De Goes high complexity curve talks certainly haven't helped much.

 

[CT_Biker]

Forgive Father for I have sinned, I chose JavaScript as the language I wanted to learn in. I would like to make myself proficient in, and it's accompanying stack.

 

[Acid0]

I want to delve in the android app dev now as there is at least some opportunities and scope for this in our company and I get to learn a new tool