Just a kid with a computer here. I am familiar and have reached a reasonable level of fluency with javascript and python, with typescript being a somewhat satisfying switch I made.
It’s been 4 years, I haven’t touched another language. I wanna study something future proof and genuinely helpful. The reason I never went beyond js and py was because I already had everything I needed, I could make anything I wanted. I really want to dip my toes in the strong programming waters.
Can you suggest a language?
I agree with the other comments in this thread pointing you to Rust as a strongly-tyoed, compiled language to learn. It’s already popular, and only growing! I’m only average at it but hope to contribute to Lemmy’s source here soon.
Yeah I’ve been meaning to get my hands on it as well. Do you recommend any docs/videos/something else in particular? I learnt py and js by cloning a repo and dismantling things until something stopped working haha. I’d appreciate advice!
Well, a good way to start is just to go to https://www.rust-lang.org/ There they have a link to the rust book and a rustlings course which are a good way to dip your toes in.
I learn best by making and breaking stuff, so I did a bunch of Advent Of Code challenges in Rust to get used to the paradigms & syntax. If you don’t mind paying a bit, I got a lot out of these two books:
Once you are more familiar with the language, I love watching John Gjengset’s Crust of Rust YouTube channel to watch how a senior developer approaches problem solving in the language, as well as how he maintains his (numerous) open-source Rust libraries.
I hope any/all of these resources are useful to you!
Thanks for taking your time! I’ll check them out.