Sick of Ruby, dynamic typing, side effects, and object-orientation (2014)

Re:Sick of Ruby, dynamic typing, side effects, and object-or... by dagw on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @05:12AM (#15642162)

We'd love it if the world would just stop changing so we can relax and stop learning.

The truth is that we'll never have enough time learn everything we should learn and every minute I spend re-learning a different way to do something I already know how to do is a minute I'm not spending learning something actually new and useful.

If, for example, I'm writing a web app related to storing and processing geology related measurements (which I am) I should be spending most of my 'learning time' studying things related to geology and the processing of said measurements, not re-learning how web development is done this week.

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Re:Sick of Ruby, dynamic typing, side effects, and object-or... by Gigablah on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @05:20AM (#15642196)

You will have to "re-learn" web development regardless. HTML, CSS, HTTP, browser features and compatibilities etc are also continuously evolving.

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Re:Sick of Ruby, dynamic typing, side effects, and object-or... by dagw on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @05:45AM (#15642327)

That's not really re-learning. That's incrementally building on and evolving existing knowledge. Virtually all my HTML and HTTP knowledge from 199X is still valid.

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Re:Sick of Ruby, dynamic typing, side effects, and object-or... by Gigablah on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @07:01AM (#15642647)

And somehow your JS knowledge isn't?

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Re:Sick of Ruby, dynamic typing, side effects, and object-or... by LyndsySimon on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @06:04PM (#15648536)

JavaScript has changed significantly more than HTML, HTTP, or even CSS.

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