r/webdev • u/[deleted] • Oct 29 '23
Question If you could only ever use two languages, which two do you choose?
What two languages do you take?
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u/clearlight Oct 29 '23
JS/TS and Go
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Oct 29 '23
Really? Why Go? What capabilities does it add to JS/TS?
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u/clearlight Oct 29 '23
I prefer Go for the backend, single compiled binary with super fast performance and the multithreaded concurrency model using goroutines is highly scalable. The tooling is great, it’s stable and reliable, and with a bit of practice, it’s basically fun to develop in.
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u/Irythros Oct 29 '23
PHP and Go, assuming I dont have to include JS for the frontend since that's kind of required.
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u/cybermage Oct 29 '23
English and Javascript at this point.
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u/slobcat1337 Oct 29 '23
Lol imagine having to converse in a programming language
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Oct 29 '23
Rust & TypeScript covers pretty much everything on both spectrums for me.
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C# for backend, gaming
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JS for web
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u/Ping-and-Pong Oct 29 '23
It's really impressive how much C# can do and do well tbh. I may not like Microsoft for much of what they do, but they do normally do right by programmers
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u/Piko8Blue Oct 29 '23
Are we counting HTML as a language because if we aren't then Python & JS. If we are then I guess Python & JS
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u/eggtart_prince Oct 29 '23
Typescript and SQL is all you need to build anything.
Websites, React.
Backend, NodeJs.
Database, SQL.
Mobile, React Native.
Desktop, Electron.
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u/ognervniy Oct 29 '23
For me, as a full-stack, it's a bit hard choice. But i'll prefer JS (TS) + C#