Ask HN: What programming languages are you using at $WORK?

9 pointsby unsolved733 anni fa52 comments

I want to distinguish between the hype and the real world.

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Which ones aren't we using?

I get the "opportunity" to be a shitty developer in multiple languages all at the same time - Python, Scala, Angular, and Java, to name a few main ones.

All these people naming just one language (or even 2) are making me jealous. I'd probably be less shitty if I got to focus.

JohnFen3 anni fa

I don't think that being able to develop in multiple languages implies that you're going to be bad at developing in those languages at all.

I've been a dev for a very long time, and am competent in a lot of different languages (expert in far fewer, of course). But I don't use all of those languages all the time. I use the one(s) that are relevant to whatever my current project is. That's usually just one or two at a time.

giantg23 anni fa

I guess I'm just garbage

jstx13 anni fa

https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#technology-most-popula...

dirtybirdnj3 anni fa

I have to interact with a platform called Mulesoft which has its own DSL for message transformation.

It's an API interconnection tool. It's for big organizations or governments and if anybody here on HN is considering it I cannot express how bad the DX is for engineers unfortunate enough to be saddled with this "enterprise solution"

lotsoweiners3 anni fa

I use mostly .net/c#, lots of sql, some JavaScript/jquery. Keep in mind though that asking this on HackerNews (or any website to be honest) is automatically not representative of the real world. Vast majority of programmers I’ve met or worked with just did their jobs and go home while paying very little attention to trends, niches, or programming communities.

solumunus3 anni fa

Typescript, both front and back end with SvelteKit. There are silly foot guns in JavaScript and I wish the language was designed better, but aside from that there’s huge benefit to doing everything in one language and not having to context switch. My validation logic and data types are identical across front and back end, that’s hard to beat for me. I’m building a traditional business ERP and Node is plenty fast for that.

JohnFen3 anni fa

I'm currently using: C, C++, ARM assembly, some Python, and some C#.

mr_o473 anni fa

It really depends,

1. I'm currently using Scala and Java. I am pretty new to Scala and I haven't really used it or worked with that language but have to learn it since our product is built using Scala

Communitivity3 anni fa

Java and Javascript. By Javascript, I mean in the browser and NodeJS. I am trying to get approval to switch to Deno. They are willing to use Rust 'someday', but so far we aren't.

ActorNightly3 anni fa

"Whichever the legacy code was written in" is going to be the overarching answer.

Python and Node are usually the choice for newer web facing stuff, which is the majority of cs work these days.

floydnoel3 anni fa

JavaScript (for both React and Express) is all I use for work, unless you want to count HTML/CSS.

For personal projects I also use Swift and sometimes Python/GDScript.

spacedcowboy3 anni fa

Objective C. Why yes, I do work at Apple...

chunkyguy3 anni fa

Best choice.

lunarimiso3 anni fa

Many... Java, C, Python, Groovy, SQL, some Perl and Erlang(but migrating to Elixir). Thats some of em.

thealphamerc3 anni fa

I use Javascript, Typescript for web and dart for Mobile app development

francisofascii3 anni fa

ASP.NET Core/C# with Vue. Older projects are with Angular.

8b16380d3 anni fa

Python and typescript