HACKER Q&A
📣 meerita

Programming languages and Frameworks to learn in 2020


Which languages are worth to devote learning in 2020? and what about the new frameworks?


  👤 nivertech Accepted Answer ✓

  Rust       - for low-level / systems programming
  Elixir/OTP - for distributed systems, backend, JS-less 
  frontend (Phoenix LiveView)
  Elm        - for SPAs (Single Page Apps)
  Julia      - for number crunching
  kdb+/q     - for timeseries-specific workloads 
  Solidity   - for get-rich-quick scams
  NetLogo    - for agent-based simulations

  Typescript - for legacy browser, ReactNative and node.js code
  Kotlin     - for Android
  Swift      - for iOS and other Apple OSes

👤 slavomirvojacek
I'd say Rust, Go, and Elixir.

👤 elamje
Clojure - paradigm shift and leverage. Rust - speed and safety.

👤 karmakaze
F# and .Net Core

👤 im_dario
For frontend, I would say Svelte and Sapper.

👤 cyrus564
Rust,c, javascript