It wasn't that long ago that I wrote to point at the YDN Python Development Center. As of today we also have a Flash Development Center (announcement) and a Ruby Development Center (announcement).
What languages should we do next? :-)
Not only that, but the final plans for our big Hack Day are in full swing and things are coming together nicely. Food, t-shirts, maps, schwag, camping, music, prizes, and so on. Crazy stuff. Watch the blog for details.
Posted by jzawodn at September 21, 2006 02:22 PM
ydn should launch a perl development center. perhaps there is one, i could not find it. regardless of what you might think of perl, it is still in very wide use, and is the most used offline scripting language at yahoo.
Please strongly consider Perl; a powerful and flexible choice.
I'll also vote for Perl. Currently Perl has a lot of fantastic tools and I know that Yahoo! uses Perl extensively. It seems like an excellent fit.
Perl is the way to go. Something to talk about Jifty, MayPole, Catalyst and others!!!
The next should in my view be C++, webservices and hosted applications. There are some posts of how effective C++ is on my forum ForumNorway.com in the C++ subforum. Se also my site OopSchool.com for additional resources. Do you know BETA? You may download the book in PDF format here:
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Best regards
Kjell Bleivik
It is too early to know the future.
Perl! What else?
Well established, stable, capable, huge user base.
Perl is the best because it can do almost anything that any other programming language can do, which at the same time doesn't require you to deal with complex scripting.
Dolphin Language.
You'll have to make some new shaped shirts. Cool logo! Sorry to miss the Hack Day which sounds incredibly fun and educational.
Perl, and after that, Parrot.
Perl first: established language, enormous user base, many user communities (Perl Monks, Perl Mongers, developers, publishers, conferences), stable language, used all over the world, without it internet would stop...
As if it isn't obvious, Perl.
Unless you feel that's already covered off by Perlmonks (http://perlmonks.org/), where this page was linked from (http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=574290).
Alex - talexb
i glad to see Ruby Development Center (announcement). Of course one couldn’t claim that Ruby is the best programming language ever and is a solution to everything. There are people who criticize it telling that it's slower that other programming languages already available. It all depends on the purposes and the skills of the programmers. Apart from objective advantages and disadvantages there are also preferences. http://www.developer4lease.com/rails/ruby-programming.html
Well, it would be *great* if you launched an SMX developer center. That being said, there's probably only 50 or so developers in the world and we all know each other, but the resources would be great!
Barring that, I'd say PERL. It's my second favorite.
Wow! I never know that there's a site out there dedicated for programmers. But is there a site in Yahoo with their own tutorial? like code.google.com?
