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Discussion on: Skills required to be a full stack developer: a checklist

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Simon Barker

Agreed, the main reason for only saying JS is that it's the only one that runs on the front end so if you are coming to the subject new then stick to JS first and expand later. This is aimed at early devs and career switchers.

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mJehanno • Edited

I can agree with that, JS is a very good choice when you start learning as it runs almost everywhere (mobile, front, back, etc ...) but sometime you don't choose what will be your first language ... and basically I don't think there is ONE language that is best to start with.

For exemple, some says that C/C++ is the best because after that other language will be easy. Js seems a good one as it runs in front or back. Now Golang seems good too as it is easy to learn. The problem here is it depends on the people using it.

I love when things are opinionated. I don't want to have to choose between x-lib or y-lib ... or how do i have to indent my file etc ... so basically ... python, or react are not really for me. I prefer angular which is totally opinionated ! or golang in backend because the compiler is strict. People should choose based on that (In my opinion)

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Raj Sekhar

I love when things are opinionated. so basically ... python, or react are not really for me

Darn, I have very similar preference, to be opinionated.. and its difficult to find someone who agree to the imp of being opinionated. Too much of flexibility does not suit me either. That's why my full stack course is Angular + .NetCore or Nest

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Simon Barker

I agree, I prefer Angular over React for that reason as well - again this was a list focussed on employability and bare bones for a new career switcher - they can specialise and develop their preferences over time once they have a handle on things 😀