Andy PiperI’m pretty much a polyglot programmer. Working as a Developer Advocate, I often find that I’m asked to help developers to integrate with our API in a language of their choice, but maybe one I don’t know so well. This is one of the coolest and most fun parts of my job, by the way - I get to learn new stuff, or go back and sharpen older skills, all the time. Most days, if I’m coding, I find myself in the worlds of Python, JavaScript, or C#.
From my DEV bio / profile page sidebar:
Generally capable across a range of languages... grew up on BBC BASIC and C, migrated into Perl, PHP, Java, Python, JS etc. with side dabblings in Ruby, Swift, Go and others...
I know quite a few things, but I rarely spend long enough in a programming space, to get to know it really deeply.
Most recently, I’ve been learning about MicroPython, and sharing my progress in a series here on DEV.
This year, I really want to do something with Rust. It has been interesting to me for a while, but I’ve yet to do anything with it. I admit, Jack Dorsey’s Tweet got me more interested…
I’ve done quite a bit with C in the past, working on things for Linux and GNOME, and I still do a lot of IoT and microprocessor stuff, so I think I’d like to spend time with Rust this year.
Tell me what you want to learn in 2022, and why? I’d love to chat about it in the comments!
