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  • January 4, 2007 at 11:45 pm #2263092

    For some of you a tired topic…and yet….

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    by icewood · about 17 years, 3 months ago

    I must ask: as someone who is to begin exploring development environments for web and desktop apps, what would you say is the most versatile and non-hostile (for a newbie) place to start: .Net or Java EE? Any enlightenment much appreciated…

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    • January 4, 2007 at 11:45 pm #2488386

      Clarifications

      by icewood · about 17 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to For some of you a tired topic…and yet….

      Clarifications

    • January 8, 2007 at 9:43 am #2487505

      aim higher – be a platform-agnostic software developer

      by obkalu · about 17 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to For some of you a tired topic…and yet….

      java or dotnet? same thing. my advice is, don’t get tethered to one platform or technology or programming language and let your knowledge end there. instead, aim to be a well-rounder software man. think/operate at a higher abstraction above the various technologies/platforms. know/master the art of building software first and foremost. what tool or language or technololgy you work with becomes just a simple matter of learning some API or environment and most of them are so similar these days, it may just take a weekend to get a grasp of a new language or toolkit or dev env etc. and build things with it and enjoy. 🙂

      • January 8, 2007 at 10:25 am #2487489

        intrigued….

        by icewood · about 17 years, 3 months ago

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        That makes sense….but could you please point out some fundamental blocks of software development to begin with without getting tied to one methodology? Thanks in advance.

      • January 9, 2007 at 4:24 am #2489663

        @Above

        by happyhippo5000 · about 17 years, 3 months ago

        In reply to aim higher – be a platform-agnostic software developer

        I am Agree With obkalu.

        • January 9, 2007 at 9:14 am #2489527

          But Where and How…?

          by icewood · about 17 years, 3 months ago

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          Obkalu and happyhippo5000…thanks for the responses. I need some more pointers. Being vendor or language independent sounds the way to go, but (babysteps here) what initial building blocks do I need to have in place?

          Thanks!

      • January 11, 2007 at 6:59 pm #2504862

        Good advice however…

        by jslarochelle · about 17 years, 3 months ago

        In reply to aim higher – be a platform-agnostic software developer

        …it doesn’t help with the selection of a tool for a newbie.
        Although I’m not into Web development I did look at the different platform. It might be interesting for you to check-out “Ruby on Rails”.

        JS

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