A lot can happen in a little over 2 years...
In my last post, I
had proposed an attempt to tackle the FizzBuzz problem. PowerShell was done, PHP was barely started but I never pointed
to it in a subsequent post or finished what I wanted. The project url has
completed and checked solutions for PHP and Node.js. I had mentioned
b. F#, Objective-C, CoffeeScript, C/C++, Go, Dart, and Haskell are the planned languages I've mostly touched in passing or know about.,
as well as C#, Pascal, and Ruby but I may never get to them.
Shortly after that last post, I switched jobs from .NET to web development focusing on PHP with HTML, CSS, and Javascript. That one action shifted much of my focus from most of the languages in that list. With ES6 coming and recently finishing a CodeSchool course in CoffeeScript, the Javascript landscape is looking pretty awesome. Elixir and the Phoenix Framework have recently stood out as upcoming contenders for my mindshare as well.
My last post taught me that while I may know of a language, it doesn't mean I'll have a genuine desire to pursue it. It can also easily become difficult to want to pursue development outside of your day job. Staying current, however, is always worth pursuing. Tooling and efficiency around web development seems to have come a very long way.
To keep this post brief, I plan on making more updates as I feel a lot has changed for me in the past 2 years that I'd still love to share.