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Coding Languages

TLDR; Developers should code every day and do so in multiple languages.

Abstract

Transitioning and maintaining proficiency in multiple languages.

Go

Go (golang) was developed at Google by the same team that worked on Blaze. Go is an evolution of both C, C++ with influences from Java, Python and Smalltalk. Swift and Go are very similar

Go Usage

  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Helm
  • Kubernetes Cluster API

Go Training

Go Books

  • The Go Programming Language
  • Learning Go

Transitioning from/to other Languages

Transitioning from Smalltalk to Java

Experienced Java Developers Transitioning

Transitioning from Java 1.8+ to Microsoft C-sharp

Transitioning from Java 1.7 to 1.8 functional programming

Transitioning from Java 1.8 through to Java 11, 17 and 25 LTS

Java to Python 3

Java to Go

Go (golang) was developed at Google by the same team that worked on Blaze.

History

I am currently as of mid 2024 primarily a Java developer with some Objective C, C, C++, Python, Smalltalk, Go experience. While I have been using Java since its' inception in 1995 by James Gosling and professionally since around 1999 when Java EE started to arrive - I have transitioned from other languages in the past. This brings me to the main point of this evolving article - learning new coding languages.

My progression spanned the following, however Smalltalk - specifically Digitalk V was my first OO language.

  • HP calculators

  • 5 1/4 floppy era

  • TRS-80 COCO basic (Microsoft)

  • TRS-80 Machine Language (6809)

  • Commodore PET 40xx basic

  • TRS-80 portable basic and ML

  • 3 1/2 floppy era

  • Commodore Amiga 500/2000 C

  • Microsoft Turbo Pascal

  • Microsoft Turbo C++

  • Smalltalk V

  • Scheme (Lisp) - minimal

  • Microsoft Visual Basic 3 and 4

  • SUN Java 1.0 - 1.6

  • Javascript (Mosaic, Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer)

  • Microsoft C IS_API

  • Perl 5

  • Adobe ActionScript

  • Microsoft VBA

  • CDROM era

  • Microsoft ASP (Active Server Pages - before .NET)

  • Oracle Java 1.6-1.8 (I was at Oracle during the SUN acquire)

  • Oracle Java EE 5-6 and associated Pivotol Spring

  • Parallax Spin and Assembly

  • Python 2.x (intermediate only)

  • PHP (for PHPLdapAdmin)

  • Objective C

  • Beginner to intermediate

  • C# (C Sharp for Java developers)

  • C for NVidia CUDA 12.2

  • Python 2/3 for TensforFlow 2, Keras

  • React

  • Angular

  • Rust

  • Dart

  • WebAssembly

  • I skipped Ruby and Ruby on Rails even though I have the highest respect for the Smalltalk lineage.

Appendix A: Language List

A curated list of the larger Wikipedia list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programming_languages

C based

C

C++

Objective C

Swift

Swift and Go are very similar https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/develop-in-swift/welcome-to-develop-in-swift-tutorials

Java based

Java

C-Sharp

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Appendix B: Programming Language Examples in alphabetical order