Unclear...you recommend Python and DJango? "But most important, learn by doing. Start building something, no matter how unsignificant it may appear, right now. You will learn on the fly ;)" That is exactly what I want to do, I want to build a site like this one. How long do you think it would take to figure out how to learn a language with the capabilities to do that? I am a quick learner and am persistent.
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/ http://docs.python.org/using/ http://python.org/doc/ http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.html
After learning the basics, take a deeper look into Django: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ http://www.djangobook.com/
You should be able to build an app like newsYC in a week or so.
How would you compare that with python and django?
"You should be able to build an app like newsYC in a week or so." -- WOW is it that simple?
thanks again for your help
Yeah, it's quite easy. For a toy project like this clone you're planning, you wouldn't even need a database.
if you dont mind and would be okay helping out a newbie in his first project than follow me on twitter and I will keep you posted. twitter name:arongrinshtein
Same for you pclark
Thanks guys! You are champs!