Re:Should I use Go or Javascript?
by SoftwareMaven on Friday June 29, 2012 @06:21PM
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If you just want to "get stuff done", go with Python/Django.
If you want to explore concurrent programming, do more "systemy" stuff, or play on the leading edge, use Go.
If you want to explore event-driven programming, go with JavaScript or Python/Twisted.
You will probably spend more time figuring out how to do stuff in Go, since it is relatively new with less documentation and 3rd party libraries. That might be advantageous to rebuilding your coding chops but will make things take longer.
Server-side event programming will twist your brain around for a while, but you'll have lots of company around to guide you.
Python is just a stalwart choice for getting stuff done, with enough ability to do meta-programming that you can get it done quickly.
If you want to explore concurrent programming, do more "systemy" stuff, or play on the leading edge, use Go.
If you want to explore event-driven programming, go with JavaScript or Python/Twisted.
You will probably spend more time figuring out how to do stuff in Go, since it is relatively new with less documentation and 3rd party libraries. That might be advantageous to rebuilding your coding chops but will make things take longer.
Server-side event programming will twist your brain around for a while, but you'll have lots of company around to guide you.
Python is just a stalwart choice for getting stuff done, with enough ability to do meta-programming that you can get it done quickly.