Ask HN: Most in demand front-end and back-end (language/framework)?

Re:Ask HN: Most in demand front-end and back-end (language/f... by kugelblitz on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:48PM (#22302023)

React is the frontend winner, Vue is good if you look for work in startups, Angular if you're more into enterprise work.

Backend... matter of taste. And each local / regional market is different. PHP has always been big and it has been making good strides technically (use Symfony or Laravel as a first framework).

Python is also a safe bet, Django and Flask are good framework options. Java Spring Boot and C# are good options if you want to work with larger companies. Node is also a good choice in terms of marketability, but I personally prefer one of the "conventional" back end frameworks.

Rust, Go, Haskell, Svelte, Phoenix / Elixir might be exciting, but in terms of market opportunities, it's still relatively small compared to the above. Maybe for when you have more expertise in 2 or 3 of the above.

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Re:Ask HN: Most in demand front-end and back-end (language/f... by jolmg on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @04:26PM (#22303054)

Where's Ruby on your list? Rails 6 came out not long ago.

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Re:Ask HN: Most in demand front-end and back-end (language/f... by kugelblitz on Monday February 17, 2020 @12:19PM (#22349077)

It will vary depending on where you live, but in terms of general market demand, Ruby / Rails is just a much smaller market segment.

I'm not talking about how it is in technical terms (Laravel was inspired by Rails in many ways, I think), but just in terms of market share, PHP or Python are a safer bet.

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Re:Ask HN: Most in demand front-end and back-end (language/f... by raztogt21 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @10:36AM (#22309622)

Been using Ruby / RoR for the last month. I like it more than PHP / Laravel.

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