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Matt Wolfe
Matt Wolfe
1,496 Points
Posted by Matt Wolfe
Matt Wolfe
1,496 Points

Which Techdegree to choose

Hi

I am very interested in doing one of your techdegrees. I am proficient in most things on any computer except development. I currently own a few online subscription websites myself and they have been coded in PHP, laravel mysql etc. So was thinking that PHP might be a good place to start. But I notice your Techdegrees dont seem to cover php. So would you recommend doing the python techdegree instead?

I have a couple of other projects in mind that I would like to do also that would need a database and php or python like a auction site for example.

Eventually i would like to learn ios development or C++ also, but i have a real business need for web development first.

Which techdegree would you recommend i choose based on the above? I see the fullstack javascript may be an option also?

Unsure where to start!?

Thanks so much!

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

Based on reported levels of industry demand (as reported by several business web sites), either Java or JavaScript would be a good choice no matter which subscription level you choose. And while not as high in overall demand, nothing beats Python when you consider the demand vs. difficulty ratio.

Matt Wolfe
Matt Wolfe
1,496 Points
Matt Wolfe
Matt Wolfe
1,496 Points

will the java or javascript techdegrees allow me to build a full project like a auction site? do they include any php knowledge? The industry demand doesnt really matter to me as i work for myself. i would rather gain the right knowledge to be able to build a variety of different types of web sites, that have more complex things such as user logins, members areas, database access etc