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Diego Fernandez Fontana
Diego Fernandez Fontana
7,202 Points
Posted by Diego Fernandez Fontana
Diego Fernandez Fontana
7,202 Points

What should i learn now?

Hi everyone,

Im kind of stuck right now. I already have knowledge of css, html , bootstrap, databases, very little Javascript , and im studying PHP right know, i have almost finish the PHP development track.

What should i learn now? I mean i want to became full stack developer, but right now im more intrested in the back end development, also i would like to build somthing like a "social network", not right now ,i mean i would like to be able to build if i want to, I know this is pretty advanced stuff, so what would you recomend me to learn? shall i finish with the front end with more javascript/JQuery? maybe a CMS?, a MVC? or even another languaje? python? ruby?

Im considreing Laravel but the current version is 5.1 i belive and here in treehouse the track is about laravel 4 are there many differences? is there another MVC would you recomend me to practice? i have 0 knowledge in CMS and MVC.

Sorry for bad english,

Thanks!

2 Answers

Lachlan ∆
Lachlan ∆
8,026 Points
Lachlan ∆
Lachlan ∆
8,026 Points

Python and Ruby would assist greatly in the creation of a social network :)

Mikkel Rasmussen
Mikkel Rasmussen
31,772 Points
Mikkel Rasmussen
Mikkel Rasmussen
31,772 Points

Php will do the same - I would advise you to do what you want to - right know you want to make back end stuff - do that - later you maybe want to do front end again.

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Probably would want to focus on MVC's and their languages.

  • Python = Flask/Django
  • Ruby = Sinatra/Rails
  • Node = Express/Meteor/Sails
  • PHP = Laravel

That list is in no means complete, just what's popular now, and what Treehouse mostly has lessons on. As far as Laravel goes, there are certainly some app breaking changes between Laravel 4 and 5, which would be expected. If you have a decent understanding of PHP and how to use PHP's documentation, you should be able follow along in the laravel 4 videos with laravel 5. Than when your program errors, figure out how to do it the V5 way instead. If you're just coding along with the video and have no idea what you're actually typing, I'd suggest following along with the V4 install so everything stays the same.