Ruby: Ruby on Rails is a hugely popular lightweight framework which is great for writing web applications.

Pros: Very popular and “cool” especially in the start-up community. Better than Java for creating a web application quickly
Cons: Fast moving language, lots of out-of-date online documentation, not really useful for developing GUI applications—pretty much web-only, realistically speaking

Python: Similar to Ruby in the above ways, though seemingly not as popular.

Pros: Many would swear it is a superior language to Ruby. Greater GUI development compared to Ruby
Cons: Not as popular in the industry when compared with Ruby so it might not be as helpful on your CV

This is just a very basic overview of some popular languages. There are many moreestablished or even up and coming languages you could also learn. The best advice for choosing which language you start with is to ask yourself what you want to achieve by learning to code; this will help you make a decision. If you need some help, look to the coding experts for some inspiration!

	Creado por PatrickNoonan hace más de 11 años

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