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NodeJS vs Go (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/programming

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I want to learn another programming language now that I've been using Python for over 2 years now. I am kind of leaning on learning JS so that I can use it for the backend and also for the frontend. But the syntax is kind of weird. I heard Go is pretty good for the backend and also is compiled. What do y'all say? I also welcome other language recommendations.

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[–] somegeek 5 points 1 year ago

Syntax wise, JS, specially TS has a great syntax and go is much weirder. I don't care what the haters say. JS syntax is very understandable. And you can see why Rust has borrowed a lot of syntax from TS and JS. And I think knowing js is much more useful,but if you want to build big backends with good performance, go is better.