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David Grandinetti
August 12, 2014
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Learning Your nth Language
Some thoughts on the importance of learning more than one programming language.
David Grandinetti
August 12, 2014
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Transcript
LEARNING YOUR NTH LANGUAGE DAVID GRANDINETTI
LANGUAGE IS LIKE A BURRITO
LANGUAGE IS LIKE A BURRITO
LANGUAGE IS LIKE TRAVEL
AT FIRST
THE FOCUS IS ON SYNTAX
;
KNOWING FRENCH != KNOWING FRANCE
LANGUAGE IS... SYNTAX CONCEPTS COMMUNITY LIBRARIES TOOLS
SYNTAX HOW DO I WRITE A FEW LINES?
CONCEPTS ALLOWS YOU TO THINK THE WAY THE LANGUAGE DESIGNER
DOES
WHEN YOU USE RUBY, YOU USE TOOLS THAT WORK THE
WAY MATZ THINKS
COMMUNITY WHAT ARE THE VALUES OF THE PEOPLE AROUND THIS
LANGUAGE?
LIBRARIES SHOWS YOU HOW TO DESIGN HIGHER LEVEL CONCEPTS IN
THIS LANGUAGE
TOOLS SHOWS YOU WHAT THE COMMUNITY VALUES AND HOW THEY
USE THE LANGUAGE
HOW DO I TEST, MANAGE DEPENDENCIES, DEPLOY, ETC?
YOUR SECOND LANGUAGE
YOU WILL BE EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THINGS
TRAVEL HAS A WAY OF STRETCHING THE MIND. THE STRETCH
COMES ... WITH EXPERIENCING FIRSTHAND HOW OTHERS DO DIFFERENTLY WHAT WE BELIEVED TO BE THE RIGHT AND ONLY WAY. RALPH CRAWSHAW
YOU START TO SEE CONCEPTS
YOUR NTH LANGUAGE
YOU START TO THINK IN CONCEPTS
YOU REALIZE SYNTAX IS USUALLY MINOR...
...BUT YOU WILL STILL MESS IT UP
STEP 1 BECOMES "HOW DO I CONCEPTUALIZE THIS PROBLEM?"
SWIFT IS KIND OF AN ANOMOLY
RECENTLY EMERGED FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN
SWIFT HAS... SYNTAX* CONCEPTS COMMUNITY LIBRARIES TOOLS
WE'RE ALL NEW AT THIS...
...AND YOU CAN AFFECT ALL OF IT
THE WHOLE OBJECT OF TRAVEL IS NOT TO SET FOOT
ON FOREIGN LAND; IT IS AT LAST TO SET FOOT ON ONE’S OWN COUNTRY AS A FOREIGN LAND. G.K. CHESTERTON