On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Abdulhakim Haliru <abdulhakim.hal...@leproghrammeen.com> wrote: > Unlearn my php ways (as that must certainly happen J) and learn python and > web development woth python, Jquery etal ? ... > Is python really worth the pain or should I just skip it ?
If you accept that you'll continue to learn new syntaxes throughout your career, then the "pain" of python isn't notably different than any other language (though I have to constantly reteach myself not to use semicolons :) ). You aren't "unlearning" so much as "meta-learning" That covers the "pain" half of your equation. As for the Python half --- Python is pretty widely used in a variety of ways. It's probably the most common plugin language for outside utilities (not that anything is particularly standard in that landscape). I've noticed that new language development often compares against Python. Scientific fields work more and more with Python. Python won't be your last stop, but it's a valuable one. As to HOW valuable, that depends on a bunch of life details we don't know. If you want one language to focus on and use exclusively for several years, Python may or may not be the best choice depending on your field. If you want a useful tool that will improve your understanding of other tools in addition to being useful in its own right, Python is absolutely a good choice. All that said, I doubt you'll find many Python Nay-sayers on the Python Tutors mailing list :) -- Brett Ritter / SwiftOne swift...@swiftone.org _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
