I had a brief argument with +Lavanya Viswanathan about whether learning languages is easier compared to learning frameworks. My opinion was that learning frameworks is harder:
For e.g. I had a harder time learning .NET Framework compared to C#. I also had a harder time learning Rails compared to Ruby.
This might be because while I have been used to similar languages like C++ and Python, I have never really been exposed to frameworks which are similar.
My two cents.
Edit:
+Lavanya Viswanathan has made it clear that she was neither for nor against either notion. :P
For e.g. I had a harder time learning .NET Framework compared to C#. I also had a harder time learning Rails compared to Ruby.
This might be because while I have been used to similar languages like C++ and Python, I have never really been exposed to frameworks which are similar.
My two cents.
Edit:
+Lavanya Viswanathan has made it clear that she was neither for nor against either notion. :P
Hmmm., I think it all depends on the amount of documentation and faster make-break cycles ....In that sense ., programming languages are a Easier to digest since we can have quicker build-debug cycles and plenty of documents and we can do it in our leisure too ., (thanks to internet) ... Frameworks (depending on size) are a bit harder to grasp, since we dont have enough courses to teach us what it should do :) :)
ReplyDeleteTrue... some frameworks are not well documented.. :)
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