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Ruby

Rob Williams
Rob Williams
18,708 Points
Posted by Rob Williams
Rob Williams
18,708 Points

Best language to complement Ruby on Rails

Hi. I've used treehouse to study ruby on rails for a while and taken it into building my own projects. I was wondering if you could recommend a tech degree that would complement RoR to bulk my portfolio out as it's not available as a tech degree on it's own yet.

Thanks,

Rob

2 Answers

Tod Walters
Tod Walters
43 Points

It really depends on whether you plan on focusing on front-end, back-end, or the full stack. Either way Javascript is a language you will need to learn to be a successful web developer now-a-days.

If you like creating the front-end, I would suggest the front-end techdegree and brush up on your html / css, and get to know javascript a bit.

If you are aiming for backend / full stack, I would suggest the full-stack javascript techdegree.

As a rails dev myself, I was surprised at first with how often my job requires javascript. Whether its creating a simple animation for the navbar / form, or connecting my Rails api to the front end via AJAX. Javascript appears everywhere in web development.

Also, I would HIGHLY suggest you really study ruby and get to know it well. If you want to be a rockstar Rails dev, knowing ruby is crucial. Some devs know how to work with Rails, the better devs know how Rails works (under the hood) and make it work for them.

Joseph Guerra
Joseph Guerra
20,674 Points
Joseph Guerra
Joseph Guerra
20,674 Points

Hi Tod,

As a rails dev, what advice could you offer about learning ruby (and rails) and javascript together?

Did you learn them together? Is learning ruby and javascript a recipe for confusion? They seem to complement one another well, but I'm curious about the overlap in learning them together.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Rob,

I recall seeing Java for Web development in the Tech Degree list. That may help build on the concepts covered in Rails, perhaps, using Spring. Maybe check out the course content.

Steve.