Trying to decide whether or not to learn Node.js, I have been using PHP for the past 4 years and I feel that I am not up to date with the changing Web Development Community.

It can never hurt to learn new things. I like NodeJs but mainly for applications and not servers.

@Codex404 that was originally the plan, but do you know of any other similar languages that are better just as rhe backend for a website?

I switched from PHP to Node recently, no regrets :) It's pretty different, but if you find a good tutorial, you're good

@SpectralKH Any tutorials you'd recommend?

@Schlarman I'd go with freecodecamp, is free and you learn making actual projects

@naghen Alright thanks! I originally learned on codeacademy the basic stuff of web development like HTML ans CSS but that was back when it was actually free

Oh I fucking love node!

While you're learning js for using with node, just check out progressive web apps. I'm sure you'll like them.

@Schlarman Perhaps this one: Node.js & Express From Scratch: https://youtube.com/playlist/...

If you have a lynda.com subscription, they have two good, in-depth tutorials as well.

Node is the future!! Lol but for real it's much cleaner than php imo. And a heck of a lot easier to set up.

Scotch.io has good and recent tutorials! Node has been around for long enough that many tutorials are outdated.

Many will eg. focus on Express whereas Koa is more suited for recent developments, same goes for other outdated or outsmarted frameworks like Mocha+Chai or Winston/Bunyan. (Here, ava+request-promise and pino are better replacements)

@nicholai only issue is i dont have alot of money to throw at scotch

@Schlarman even their free tutorials are good!

...unless you mean actual scotch, in which case, Glenfarclas 12 or Aberlour 12 are excellent bang for your buck! (Even more affordable is Glenmorangies 10)

@nicholai the tutorials I could do certainly helped and showed me things I wanted to know, and only if I could legally drink scotch 😂

@Schlarman It kept me sane after hard debugging sessions ^-^ o well. Aaanyway, if you need any help with node just hmu

@nicholai alright, thanks mate!

JavaScript all the things!!!