From the course: Polyglot Web Development
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- I hope you enjoyed the whirlwind tour of these languages. Of course this is only the first step. There are amazing resources available to help you learn more about them. The library has classes on all four languages which will give you a more intensive introduction to the topic, along with courses on MongoDB if you want to explore that technology further. Programming books by O'Reilly are excellent, whether for learning or reference and Manning's In Action and In Practice series give a different approach. I have a soft spot in my heart for the Head First series available for Ruby and Python. These books are a fantastic and approachable introduction to programming languages and concepts. For Perl, I want to note Effective Perl Programming as the book I love the most. My copy is dog-eared and floppy from 10's of hours of study. And of course each language has a website and online materials for study as well as community interaction to find like-minded folks. If you get one thing from…
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