I think this is my first post on HN, but have been a long time lurker.
That aside. Your point around ecosystems is interesting to me. As a wannabee coder I'm always trying new things. Most of my code was in PowerShell although I did do a bit of C++ and Delphi in school.
I have been dabbling with dotnet core (C#) and Python the last couple of years.
I tried to get into Java a bit, but to be frank the learning curve to go from start to consuming a REST service was just way too hard. I couldn't understand the difference between when I should be using JavaEE, JavaSE, spring boot, spring framework etc. I gave up after two days.
In contrast Python is just so easy. And if I want something more robust I'll rather go to dotnet.
Go is on my list as it seems to offer a lot of what I want, and although there are some apparently weird things in it I think i can be productive with it for some basic business logic within a couple of days.
That aside. Your point around ecosystems is interesting to me. As a wannabee coder I'm always trying new things. Most of my code was in PowerShell although I did do a bit of C++ and Delphi in school.
I have been dabbling with dotnet core (C#) and Python the last couple of years.
I tried to get into Java a bit, but to be frank the learning curve to go from start to consuming a REST service was just way too hard. I couldn't understand the difference between when I should be using JavaEE, JavaSE, spring boot, spring framework etc. I gave up after two days.
In contrast Python is just so easy. And if I want something more robust I'll rather go to dotnet.
Go is on my list as it seems to offer a lot of what I want, and although there are some apparently weird things in it I think i can be productive with it for some basic business logic within a couple of days.