Thanks for the words of wisdom. Talked to fakedarren =] well I guess I have some work to do and thanks again for your time.
On Friday, May 11, 2012 7:02:01 AM UTC-4, Dimitar Christoff wrote: > > On 11/05/2012 10:35, pixel67 wrote: > > Dimitar, > > > > I am on the channel now but just a blank screen ( I will look into it ) > > In your opinion what is a good plan , I'm all over the place > > learning PHP, JavaScript, Ruby, Python and a little moo and JQ ( I think > > learning JS first is best? ) > > Do I just stick with JS and pick away at moo or does learning JQ help > > with moo ? > > > > .-Ä pixel67 [ad4cf3f2@gateway/web/freenode/ip.173.76.243.242] has joined > #mootools > <pixel67> Dimitar are you here ? > .-Ä signoff: pixel67/#mootools (Client Quit) > .-Ä pixel67 [ad4cf3f2@gateway/web/freenode/ip.173.76.243.242] has joined > #mootools > <coda> yeah > <coda> i am 'here' :) > .-Ä signoff: pixel67/#mootools (Quit: Page closed) > > you came and you left... - get a new IRC client that works and stay on. > esp on a friday, it can take a long time for ppl to notice the typing. > > can't tell you what to learn, learn what comes easy to you and what can > give you the most money. personally I stopped doing php and any other > server side stuff, quite happy to just focus on js/mootools/front-end. > > trend wise, the sector is now with an increased awareness of the > importance of the client vs the server due to performance / render / > conversion and this is starting to be reflected in the money that > front-end devs make. it is also probably more demanding and far more > volatile to learn than a static language like java, ruby or python. > > learn moootools and you can't help but learn some javascript as it just > extends it. learn jquery and you end up the proud owner of some dom api > skills without necessarily understanding what goes on behind the scenes. > by the same token, it's difficult to gain employment in front-end these > days unless you know jquery. :/ > > best regards, > -- > Dimitar Christoff > > "JavaScript is to JAVA what hamster is to ham" > http://fragged.org/ | @D_mitar | https://github.com/DimitarChristoff >