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Discussion on: What new language/tool/etc. have you been meaning to learn but haven't gotten around to yet?

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Glenn Carremans

Vue: I have been mostly focused on backend (PHP/Laravel) but want to spend some time in learning more frontend frameworks.

Kotlin: I am an Android dev but unfortunately I have not been able to work in Kotlin yet, for the last 2 years I have worked mostly on big legacy applications that are written in Java.

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rhymes

Judging from the direction Android dev is going I'd prioritize Kotlin, you can also contribute to the newly released DEV Android app in the meantime 😂

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Dylan Anthony

And to that point, it may be worth looking at Google’s own Flutter which they are pushing in very hard. Haven’t decided how I feel about Dart yet, but it’s very familiar and easy to pick up.

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Glenn Carremans

Very true! I hope to be able to help a lot in the future development of the DEV Android app.
So many interesting things to learn everywhere 😂 hard to prioritise, Kotlin, Vue, tailwindCSS, SASS, ... Lol the list can go on. But for sure will try to focus on Kotlin.

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rhymes

Ahahah the infamous "stuff to learn" list

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Dylan Anthony

It’s very easy to mix in Kotlin to existing Java code bases! I’ve done it several times now in Android apps and I’m far from an expert Android dev.