- Market demand and job opportunities?
- Exploring a different paradigm (functional, logic, etc.)?
- Pure curiosity and fun with something that interests you?
I’m trying to figure out my own approach and would love to hear how others make this choice.
Learnt Smalltalk because I wanted to better understand OOP and I could never get comfortable with C++.
Learnt Python because it provided me with a more interactive environment. Over time as more modules were added it became increasingly my choice for exploring interfaces, e.g. poorly documented USB devices.
Learnt JavaScript because I saw it as becoming increasingly pervasive. The growth of Web APIs together with the browser's graphical environment is edging out Python for many projects.
Are there good libraries, either inherent to the language or in quality libraries, for something I'm interested and competent with. It's hard to both learn a new language and a new programming domain. For example, I know very little about circuit design and have little interest in it, so I'm not going to learn Verilog.
If there aren't good libraries, is there at least enough capability that I could reasonably build my own library in an area I can apply my expertise?
bigyabai•1h ago