What I Learned Implementing the Same Program in Eight Languages

One of the tasks that I took on at work, recently, required updating the details of an existing code project. The project originally showed how to send SMS in each of the seven languages mentioned, except Rust. Now, however, it needed to show how to reply to an SMS as well. I've worked with each of the language over the years, except for C#, so thought that it would be a fun challenge to brush up my skills in each one, and to learn just enough about C# to complete the implementation. Over the course of implementing the required functionality in each language (PHP, Rust, Go, Python, Ruby, C#, JavaScript, and Java), I had the unexpected pleasure of learning a lot about each one, and seeing many of their similarities and differences. In this episode, I'm sharing some of what I learned. I hope you'll be as interested in what I learned as I was. Links from the episode What I Learned Implementing the Same Program in Seven Languages (the blog post that inspired this episode) Rust ownership documentation Maven Gradle The net/http package ASP.Net Core Minimal API The Slim Framework Flask Axum Sinatra Want to grow your knowledge further? Check out the books below, where you can grow your web development skills in a very focused, very hands-on way. Deploy with Docker Compose Mezzio Essentials Hosted and produced in Bundaberg by: Matthew Setter. Website: https://matthewsetter.com. Follow me on: LinkedIn. If you like the podcast, and want to support it, how about buying me a coffee? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★