Fantastic Languages and what to learn from them

A fast-paced overview of a lot of different programming languages, intended to entertain and perhaps even change a mind or two.

Abstract

PHP sucks! C# is just a Java rip-off! Kotlin is better than Java! English is just weird!

Wrong.

Every language is cool and unique in its own way and will influence the way you see and use your own favourite language. Put aside your preconceptions, and let me show you what I have learned from working with Java, Ruby, Elm, and yes: even PHP.

What’s this AnnotationScript language?

You can find it on GitHub!

Deliveries

• BrabantJUG
  6 September 2022
  [event] [slides]
• J-Fall Netherlands
  4 November 2021
  [event] [slides] [video]
• Devoxx UK
  2 November 2021
  [event] [slides] [video]

Image credits

• anders-hejlsberg - by DBegley - source
• annotationscript - by moinart on Fiverr
• annotationscript-old.png - by Jan Ouwens
• apple - official Apple rainbow logo by Rob Janoff - source
• arabic - by murraytheb - source
• arabic-books - by Jan Ouwens
• arabic-calligraphy - by Jan Ouwens
• arabic-campfire - by Parker Hilton - source
• backward-compatibility - by Martin Widenka - source
• basic - by Jan Ouwens
• beards - screenshot from alenz.org in 2008, via the WayBackMachine, taken by Jan Ouwens
• cloud - by Jan Ouwens
• community - by William White - source
• csharp - by Jason Groce - source
• delphi - screenshot from Borland Delphi
• delphi-win3 - by WinWorld - source
• documentation - by Will van Wingerden - source
• elm - official Elm logo by Evan Czaplicki - source
• english - oh, but it’s only the official flag of the United Kingdom - source
• evan-czaplicki - Twitter profile in 2021 - source
• fool - by Couleur - source
• hashmap - by Jan Ouwens
• james-gosling - by Peter Campbell - source
• jan-ouwens - by Riemke Ouwens
• java - by Mark Anderson, for Sun Microsystems - source
• john-mccarthy - John McCarthy’s official website - source
• kemeny-kurtz - Dartmouth College Library - source
• lisp - by Lisp - source
• lsp & no-lsp - by Jan Ouwens
• market - by Alex Hudson - source
• matsumoto - by Cep21 - source
• msx - source
• php - official PHP logo by Colin Viebrock - source
• pragprog - cover of The Pragmatic Programmer by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas
• progbooks - by Jan Ouwens
• rasmus-lerdorf - by William Stadtwald Demchick - source
• ruby - official Ruby logo - source
• sattouf - by Riad Sattouf, “The Arab of the Future 2” - amazon
• shakespeare - by John Taylor - source
• successkid - by Laney Griner - found on Know Your Meme
• thesis - by Jan Ouwens
• trollface - by Carlos “Whynne” Ramirez - source
• typescript - Microsoft - source
• world - by NASA - source