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Hi Lemmy! Confused about what programming language to learn next. (self.learn_programming)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by dhruv to c/[email protected]
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Just a kid with a computer here. I am familiar and have reached a reasonable level of fluency with javascript and python, with typescript being a somewhat satisfying switch I made.

It's been 4 years, I haven't touched another language. I wanna study something future proof and genuinely helpful. The reason I never went beyond js and py was because I already had everything I needed, I could make anything I wanted. I really want to dip my toes in the strong programming waters.

Can you suggest a language?

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[–] dhruv 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This was really informative, thank you for taking your time!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No problem. In another comment I saw that you said you "[n]ever wrapped [your] head around dot net". If that's the case, I would suggest you looking into it (or something similar) before going into the more advanced (functional programming, C/C++/Rust) route. You can try to implement a backend in C# to one of your projects and see how .NET works (BTW you need to be looking at .NET Core, not the older .NET Framework stuff. Anything after .NET 5 is fine). Or you can try implementing a Lemmy/kbin clone. İn my experience, completing a project is critical to learning. Of course everybody learn in a different way, and you know you better than anyone else.

One last note: learning different languages is not really that important unless the language changes the way you think. Again, good luck :)