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Choosing a Programming Language
- 1. Choosing a ProgrammingLanguage November 2017 http://bit.ly/program-language 1
- 2. Instructor TJ Stalcup Lead DCMentor @Thinkful API Evangelist @WealthEngine Pokemon Master AIs http://bit.ly/program-language 2
- 3. About you What's yourname? What brought you here today? What is your programming experience? http://bit.ly/program-language 3
- 4. About Thinkful Thinkful helpspeople become developers or data scientists through 1-on-1 mentorship and project-based learning http://bit.ly/program-language 4
- 5. What is programming? writinginstructions for the computer problem-solvingproblem-solving http://bit.ly/html-crash-coursehttp://bit.ly/program-language 5
- 6. Learning how tocode Solve problems in a structured way and then write instructions for the computer to perform Concepts of programming exist in all languages Stick to one! Don't jump around Opinions are like ...... http://bit.ly/html-crash-coursehttp://bit.ly/program-language 6
- 7. Does it matter? Thefirst language you learn matters, but not in the way you think. Pick the one that's easiest for you Polyglot http://bit.ly/html-crash-coursehttp://bit.ly/program-language 7
- 8. How do developerschoose? Objective Popularity Accessibility Job Prospects Longevity http://bit.ly/html-crash-coursehttp://bit.ly/program-language 8
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- 10. Objectives - Frontend,Backend, Full-stack Client (sends requests) Frontend Developer Manages what user sees Server (sends response) Backend Developer Manages what app does http://bit.ly/program-language 10
- 11. Data & Databases DatabaseAdmins Data Scientists Data Analysts Objectives - Data & Analytics http://bit.ly/program-language 11
- 12. Software Engineer Game Developer iOSDeveloper Android Developer Mobile Developer Objectives - Software / Gaming / Mobile http://bit.ly/program-language 12
- 13. Popularity & Accessibility Communitysize. Number of Libraries & Frameworks Documentation Intuitive Syntax Focus on how to code, not the nuances of the language http://bit.ly/program-language 13
- 14. Objective-C & Swift DCJob Market - 0.3% Objective - iOS Dev. Age - 33 years old Difficulty - 4/5 & 3/5 Daily SO Questions - 247 http://bit.ly/program-language 14
- 15. Objective-C & Swift http://bit.ly/program-language @interfacePerson : NSObject @property (readonly) NSString *firstName; @property (readonly) NSString *lastName; @end let apples = 3 let oranges = 5 let appleSummary = "I have (apples) apples." let fruitSummary = "I have (apples + oranges) pieces of fru 15
- 16. Scala DC Job Market- 0.7% Objective - Backend Age - 13 years old Difficulty - 4/5 Daily SO Questions - 70 http://bit.ly/program-language 16
- 17. Scala http://bit.ly/program-language println(1) // 1 println(1+ 1) // 2 println("Hello!") // Hello! println("Hello," + " world!") // Hello, world! 17
- 18. Visual Basic DC JobMarket - 1.2% Objective - Backend/Software Age - 19 years old Difficulty - 2/5 Daily SO Questions - 45 http://bit.ly/program-language 18
- 19. Visual Basic http://bit.ly/program-language Console.Write("Press anykey to continue...") Console.ReadKey(true) 19
- 20. PHP DC Job Market- 3.2% Objective - Backend Age - 22 years old Difficulty - 2/5 Daily SO Questions - 565 http://bit.ly/program-language 20
- 21. PHP http://bit.ly/program-language <?php echo "My firstPHP script!"; ?> 21
- 22. Ruby DC Job Market- 3.8% Objective - Backend/Software Age - 22 years old Difficulty - 3/5 Daily SO Questions - 53 http://bit.ly/program-language 22
- 23. Ruby http://bit.ly/program-language # Output "Ilove Ruby" say = "I love Ruby" puts say # Output "I *LOVE* RUBY" say['love'] = "*love*" puts say.upcase # Output "I *love* Ruby" # five times 5.times { puts say } 23
- 24. C# DC Job Market- 10.1% Objective - Backend/Software/Game Age - 17 years old Difficulty - 3/5 Daily SO Questions - 600 http://bit.ly/program-language 24
- 25. C# http://bit.ly/program-language using System; class Hello { staticvoid Main() { Console.WriteLine("Hello, World"); } } 25
- 26. Python DC Job Market- 11.8% Objective - Backend/Software/Data Age - 26 years old Difficulty - 2/5 Daily SO Questions - 868 http://bit.ly/program-language 26
- 27. Python http://bit.ly/program-language # For loopon a list numbers = [2, 4, 6, 8] product = 1 for number in numbers: product = product * number print('The product is:', product) 27
- 28. Java DC Job Market- 14% Objective - Backend/Software/Android Age - 22 years old Difficulty - 3/5 Daily SO Questions - 804 http://bit.ly/program-language 28
- 29. Java http://bit.ly/program-language /* HelloWorld.java */ public classHelloWorld { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Hello World!"); } } 29
- 30. JavaScript DC Job Market- 18.5% Objective - Full-stack/Mobile/Gaming Age - 21 years old Difficulty - 2/5 Daily SO Questions - 1068 http://bit.ly/program-language 30
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- 32. JavaScript http://bit.ly/program-language var text ='Hello World'; console.log(text); 32
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