Internet Lists are Bullshit. Except for mine.
I was sent an article about “Top 5 programming languages you should know in 2008” and to be honest I have to disagree with it almost completely. Number 5 is Ruby on Rails. I have no idea why Ruby on Rails is there, it is not a programming language, it’s a framework for Ruby. Should just say Ruby, but then no one will give a fuck. Anyways, that one is off my list. Strike one.
Number 4 is MySQL/MSSQL, and again, this is not a programming language. SQL stands for Structured Query Language, and while you can argue that writing stored procedures is like programming I am going to have to call you an idiot and then ask you to write me a program using SQL that will massage my balls while i piss in your coffee. Strike two.
Number 3 is Javascript/AJAX, and again, what the fuck is up with this list? Javascript is a scripting language, yes, but ajax is not. According to Wikipedia:
Ajax (asynchronous JavaScript and XML), or AJAX, is a group of interrelated web development techniques…
Techniques != Programming Language. Strike three.
Number 2 and 1 are PHP and C#, respectively. Should have just called this list “Top 2 programming languages you should know to have some marketability, oh and here are some other things that you should probably know as well”.
My list looks something like this:
Some shit you should know about to be a decent web developer
- Learn a couple programming languages, ie PHP, Python, Ruby, etc...
- Learn about the different layers of the front end of a website, and how to write the code & markup for each (Markup, Presentation, Behavioral)
- Learn MySQL. It’s free, easy to get up and running, and is a great springboard to jump into other relational database management systems
- Get familiar with Apache and/or IIS
- Don’t base the next move of your career/education on some list you found on the internet
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