Re:Why I wouldn’t use Rails for a new company
by dragonwriter on Friday September 18, 2015 @12:24PM
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> Go to Microsoft Learning, you'll find lots of JavaScript tutorials (NodeJS or WinJS or Angular)
And also quite a bit of Python, including general language courses, Django, Python/Flask/SQL, Python w/MongoDB, etc.
> When Microsoft decided to hire people behind IronRuby and IronPython, I thought they decided to adopt those languages but that didn't last long before they cut them loose...
Microsoft is still a significant backer of Python, not just a PSF sponsor, but also directly employing Python core devs, and doing a lot of direct support for Python. [0]
IronPython and IronRuby weren't Microsoft adopting the Ruby and Python languaegs, they were efforts to alternatives to the core implementations of those languages tied to the .NET platform.
And also quite a bit of Python, including general language courses, Django, Python/Flask/SQL, Python w/MongoDB, etc.
> When Microsoft decided to hire people behind IronRuby and IronPython, I thought they decided to adopt those languages but that didn't last long before they cut them loose...
Microsoft is still a significant backer of Python, not just a PSF sponsor, but also directly employing Python core devs, and doing a lot of direct support for Python. [0]
IronPython and IronRuby weren't Microsoft adopting the Ruby and Python languaegs, they were efforts to alternatives to the core implementations of those languages tied to the .NET platform.
[0] See, e.g., http://pycon.blogspot.com/2015/03/for-microsoft-python-suppo...