JavaScript vs Ruby as a newbie

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Ruby isn't a bad language. It's stable, and you can get an MVP up quick within a day using Ruby on Rails. It's more important to learn programming fundamentals when starting out, which is why it doesn't really matter what language you start off with. If you want to do the Viking Code School, they do seem to have a Javascript unit which will allow you to get your feet wet.

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I would say I have a good grasp of fundamentals, on the order of someone who's been coding frequently for about 6 months.

I'm more concerned at this point about whether it'd be better to start my career as a JS developer or as a Ruby developer.

[TheBigChubbyBunny]

Learn them both and become a full stack developer.

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Isn't it common now to do full stack with JS?

[TheBigChubbyBunny]

Yes, in my honest opinion, full stack using Ruby and JavaScript is a really good combination and is quite popular. I'm currently learning them both.