Venkatesh Rao@vgrPoll: what tech has shortest learning curve to deployed app? (assume Mac -> github -> digital ocean as environment)Node21.8%Rails29.8%Python37.1%Native mobile app11.3%248 votes·Final results8:08 PM · Dec 3, 20161 Retweet1 Quote Tweet8 Likes
shb@himbodhisattva·Dec 3, 2016Replying to @vgrcoming from no experience? Rails, bc all the magic. Coming from another language? Node or Python, b/c no magic21
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 3, 2016Replying to @himbodhisattva and @sam_havensanother language is a tricky concept... scientific computing is another language *regime*11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 4, 2016Replying to @IsaacWyattI think UI-only (stateless javascript) and backend-only are both much easier than a full app
Jeff Richman@jcrichman·Dec 3, 2016Replying to @vgrWhat are you trying to build? Choose the best tech for that, not the easiest for hello world.
Sean Regan@seanjregan·Dec 5, 2016Replying to @vgr@sourcetree to @Bitbucket plus these #git tutorials https://atlassian.com/git/tutorials/
Contemplator V2.1@i_contemplate_·Dec 3, 2016Replying to @vgrChose Python assuming use of Flask -> Heroku.3
Eric@TheEricAnderson·Dec 3, 2016Replying to @vgrNode, rails and Python are all different things. Node is a runtime, Rails is a framework and Python is a language.14
Kyle Mathews@kylemathews·Dec 3, 2016Replying to @vgrI wouldn't use a vps. Use heroku or even lambda (though that's early still)11
zem@zem42·Dec 3, 2016Replying to @vgrunfair to compare python to rails. I could learn sinatra and get an app written deployed in an evening.11
TOoᴼᵒº˙⁰0₀ₒ.·ph@tophtucker·Dec 3, 2016Replying to @vgrnode for the sake of thinking in javascript on both ends, in my experience, which is not a lot of experience1