Ruby is a fun language. It is also a different language, such that skills in Ruby don't necessarily migrate to skills in other languages all that readily. IMO, it is a niche language and I think its popularity has been waning lately. It's not a growth language. (again, all this is my own 2c)
node.js is different. It's popular, heavily used and has a syntax which is very similar to Java, C, et.al. that picking it up is pretty easy. It's a valuable language to learn. I've no dog in this fight, but IMO node.js would be the more obvious and "correct" choice. > On Apr 30, 2020, at 1:13 PM, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote: > > After a few days attending to other things, it is time for me to get back to > learning Whimsy. > > I can go in either of two directions, Ruby or node.js. Each involves getting > fluent in a programming language in which I've only written tiny programs, as > well as learning my way around Whimsy. Neither language looks particularly > difficult, except perhaps for understanding "this" in JavaScript's object and > class model. > > If all of Whimsy gets converted soon to node.js, time spent learning Ruby > would be wasted, and I should go for node.js. On the other hand, if > substantial portions of Whimsy remain in Ruby learning it will contribute to > the bus factor for those parts of Ruby. > > Opinions? Any other considerations? > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com >
