Ask HN: Best programming language for rapid development?

Posted by tinderliker on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @04:15AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I know the typical answer is "Whatever you know", but assuming a person has no prior programming background, which language would you suggest? PG seems to suggest Lisp (Clojure)? Javascript? Go? Python?

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Re:Ask HN: Best programming language for rapid development? by dozzie on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @04:20AM (#16696253)

> Best programming language for rapid development?

> [...] assuming a person has no prior programming background [...]

Then learn programming first. If you have no prior experience, the development will be anything but rapid, no matter the language.

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Re:Ask HN: Best programming language for rapid development? by navinsylvester on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @04:54AM (#16696382)

Doesn't work like that.

It all depends on what you want to build or focus. Based on that info we can pick the likely suitable ones.

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Re:Ask HN: Best programming language for rapid development? by tomohawk on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @04:50AM (#16696366)

For a person with no prior background, this is a good start:

https://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/chap_00.html

The language is Ruby, and it's suitable for rapid development, too.

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Re:Ask HN: Best programming language for rapid development? by saran945 on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @09:12AM (#16697389)

based on my experience & reading . . each language has its own strength, its not easy to say which one is best for rapid development. For machine learning/AI - Python Web app - Nodejs/PHP Mobile - JS Enterprise apps - Java/c# Desktop - c# DSL - Racket

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