I’m also leaning towards node. Random ruby CGI scripts aren’t a big deal compared to the full on apps, so no big rush there.
On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 07:09 Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
