Ask HN: Platform for senior devs to learn other programming languages?

131 points · Raed667 · 7 days ago

A few months ago there was a post about a platform looking for funding (i think ?) that was highly praised for the quality of its content.

I thought I favored the link, but I can't seem to find it ? Any help ?

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roetlich · 7 days ago

I think you are looking for Exercism: https://exercism.org/

Great website!

Edit: This also looks good, haven't tried it yet: https://app.codecrafters.io/catalog

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fifilura · 7 days ago

These days my main problem when learning is coming to terms with the development environment.

Python, how do I install and work with venvs? What is poetry and why is it better?

Scala, what is sbt and how do I make it work in Intellij?

Things I have learned under way, but still more of a headache than the actual language, since most ideas there are recognizable. And problems in the dev env can make you get stuck for several hours.

Docker helps a bit as an abstraction, but not all the way to the development environment.

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suprjami · 7 days ago

There is also

https://learnxinyminutes.com/

It gives small language syntax/feature tours.

Each file is legitimate syntax for the language it documents.

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labarilem · 7 days ago

As a self-guided alternative, you could try going through https://adventofcode.com/ problems with your language of choice.

shay_ker · 7 days ago

I'm a big fan of Execute Program from Gary Bernhardt:

https://www.executeprogram.com/

It uses interactive exercises + spaced repetition. It's really the only way I've managed to learn Regular Expressions.

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