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66 lines
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# Programming languages
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## PHP
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PHP is used by multiple open source content management systems and is very easy
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to deploy on shared retail hosting.
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- CMS
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- Drupal
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- Wordpress
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- API
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- Laravel
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- Symfony
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## JavaScript
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JavaScript is necessary for coding UI in the browser.
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- Web app frontend
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- Interactive quicktext templates for Thunderbird
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## HTML/CSS
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Essential for creating web UIs.
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- CMS
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- SPA
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- Static sites
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## TypeScript
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I learned TypeScript to build web frontends on a language with a type system.
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- Single-page applications (React)
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- Static-site generators (Gatsby)
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## Python
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I learned Python as a general-purpose tool for automating work at my retail job.
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- API
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- FileMaker Pro Advanced HTTP API, connecting to FM via ODBC driver
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- ETL
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- Inventory data updater for Pronto Xi
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- Web scrapers
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- Download product images from suppliers
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- Scrape orders from commerce site with no API
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- Uptime monitor
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- Site backup manager
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- HTML generator
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## C#
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I learned C# to build a web API in a statically-typed, compiled language, and to
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learn the key lanuage behind .NET.
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## C
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I learned C to write embedded software and to study network programming.
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## Other languages:
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- Java: Mostly forgotten. Prefer C# and PHP for web backend.
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- C++: Don't like it; don't have a use for it.
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- Lua: Only know enough to configure Neovim.
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