Ask HN: What web technologies should I learn before entering the field?

Re:Ask HN: What web technologies should I learn before enter... by yasoob on Thursday August 08, 2013 @02:17AM (#6177582)

node.js is a server framework. You should consider learning foundation and bootstrap. If you just want to go for jobs then php is the way to go otherwise you should consider learning python or ruby for web development as there are a lot of jobs for it in the field as well.

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Re:Ask HN: What web technologies should I learn before enter... by nanna on Thursday August 08, 2013 @08:24PM (#6182926)

How comes this is the first response to mention python and php? Is the choice really only between ruby and node.js?

- earnest question.

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Re:Ask HN: What web technologies should I learn before enter... by anonyfox on Friday August 09, 2013 @06:10AM (#6184717)

Of course, there are jobs for quite everything, including COBOL and Fortran.

But mentioning the near future in web development or general "app" development (typical stuff, not AAA Games and the like) in startups, there will be probably only one question:

"why not javascript?". I expect every other language/stack to fade away over time, at least for startups. However, managing legacycode will last forever and have it's jobs, too. See Cobol.

Of course, all the other coders of all the fascinating and interesting other technologies out there are pissed off by that statements. They have valid points about the ugly "design" of javascript, circumstances where it doesn't shine, and so on, and they are right. But for the majority of all technology decisions, this just won't matter.

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