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if you are already expert on technologies you mentioned and know exactly how to work with them you might see investition to flutter as burden. Otherwise: Just go on with flutter & flame and see if it fullfills your requirements and could fit to your exact requirements.

Generally, flutter is already solid, and usable in context you mentioned. There's also plenty of resources to test if it would be ok to you before investing a lot. Just pick a demo project, get it running, and see results.

https://flutter.dev/games

If you decide to invest you can take a working seed project generated to you

https://cli.vgv.dev/docs/templates/flame_game

Note: Flutter + Flame expect you to learn dart - it's easy, as the language is close to js / c / .. so: algol style syntax - it also expects you to understand reactive ui's - well: concept is insipired by React, so no suprises here, except that the whole concept needs some discipline.

Still to mention: For 3d games you still should see unity as solid option. And, as also with react native, you would find integration to flutter possible and supported by 3rd parties. Don't expect this to work always out of the box as a dream, but see it as a doable thing if you need to step to this road.

https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_unity_widget

As an inspiration I give you idea what kind of extensions Flutter offers, if you decide to invest on it.. This is more fun thing, but as a junior developer learning stuff and doing things out of interest this might be something to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CCVB31feO0

I think you should stick with the thing you know because flutter is a whole new ecosystem and you could shoot yourself in the foot with it and when you have made the app then you could learn flutter

Just before I go on, one thing to clarify: Node.js is environment, and Django is a framework, that runs in the Python environment. So if you think between those, you can think between Node.js+TypeScript vs. Python+Django.

Answering your question - if you're 15, go on with whatever gives you most fun. You'll catch the core understanding of programming that you can use later on to learn any language or library. And, trust me, it's impossible to tell what will be the hype in a few years. Two years ago everyone would say that Python is not for "business" software development. Now, 1/3 vacancies is about Python (LLMs - thank you :D ).

If any skill is more useful that other - it's the flexibility, making it easy for you to switch quite shortly from Node.js to Python, from NestJS to Django, or work simultaneously in TypeScript and OOP Python. It's just languages. Ideas behind those languages, architecture thinking - that's way more important.

Good luck :)

Well, the fact is: it's not so important the language (Java, Ruby, Python, JavaScript) or the framework (Quarkus, Rails, Django, React) you choose. The important thing is that you master the principles behind computer programming, such as Web Development, Object Oriented and Functional Programming.

There are languages that, better than others, allows you to learn. Java, Kotlin or C# are examples. Because they are generic: they are Object Oriented, they give you Functional and all other patterns that a modern language must have.

About the frameworks, I would recommend one that embodies modern way of building Enterprise Architectures, such as: Cloud Native, Microservices, Event Driven Communication (Quarkus is one).

When I make interviews to select candidates to join our teams, these above are the things I consider most.

Good luck, and enjoy coding. Always.

Alessio

Your tech stack is solid for building a real-time messaging project.

React and React Native are excellent choices for the frontend, especially if you want to have both web and mobile versions of your application share code.

ExpressJS is an unopinionated framework that affords you the flexibility to use it's features at your term, which is a good start. However, I would recommend you explore Sails.js as well. Sails.js is built on top of Express.js and it provides additional features out of the box, especially the Websocket integration that your project requires.

Don't forget to set up Graphql codegen, this would improve your dev experience (Add Typescript, if you can too).

I don't know much about databases but you might want to consider using NO-SQL. I used Firebase real-time db and aws dynamo db on a few of my personal projects and I love they're easy to work with and offer more flexibility for a chat application.

I built a very similar application with real-time chatting, and I used a very similar stack to yours (MySQL instead of Postgre). The stack that you chose is very good for what you want to make (or have already made since I am 2 weeks late).

I work primarily with the Microsoft stack but have worked with many other technologies over the years. I see that you are using Visual Studio Code which is a great choice since it has over 40k extensions covering most technologies and stacks. A good language to start with is Python. Python is easy to get started with but is also a powerful, widely used language. Download MySQL or Postgresql for a database. Write a program that takes inputted data and stores in the database. Download Azure Data Studio to connect to your database. Start with basic querying of the database.

If you want to work with the Microsoft stack, download the Visual Studio IDE Community version which is a powerful IDE.

Find simple sample projects to start with. Learn how to debug your code. As you debug, analyze what is happening with each statement. Learn how to examine variables and call stacks. You will learn a lot about the behavior of the code the more you step into the code and see how it unfolds. I used to get frustrated because I could not remember syntax off the top of my head but realized memorizing syntax is not important. It's concepts and how you put the pieces together and knowing where to find best practices and approaches to creating a solution.

Regarding your comment about "being dumb". I felt the same way you did about 30 years ago. I've had a very successful career as a developer. I had situations at that time where I felt that I was not smart enough to learn the development language (C language) being used. Well, I persisted and learned so much along the way. The process of wrestling and struggling will make you a better technologist. You go down paths that will not necessarily solve your issue but you will learn so much along the way. All the things you learn from failing will broaden your knowledge. Do not give up - put in the time - believe in yourself - you will get it!

When Einstein was asked how it felt to fail 1,000 times, he is credited with saying “I didn't fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps.”

Good luck - just stick with it and enjoy the trip.

I would recommend Ollama, it lets you run a local LLM, which can rewrite the questions. I would test carefully, and review anything generated, as models can hallucinate.

modelfile='''
FROM llama2
SYSTEM Rewrite any exam questions provided to ask the same thing with the same information, but in a slightly different format to thwart cheating.
'''

ollama.create(model='questionrewriter', modelfile=modelfile)
res = ollama.generate(model='llama2', prompt='''A 27-year-old woman comes to the office for counseling prior to conception. She states that a friend recently delivered a newborn with a neural tube defect and she wants to decrease her risk for having a child with this condition. She has no history of major medical illness and takes no medications. Physical examination shows no abnormalities. It is most appropriate to recommend that this patient begin supplementation with a vitamin that is a cofactor in which of the following processes?
(A) Biosynthesis of nucleotides
(B) Protein gamma glutamate carboxylation
(C) Scavenging of free radicals
(D) Transketolation
(E) Triglyceride lipolysis''')

print(res)

Yes, use local LLMs. No need for Tensorflow (to train something custom). You will use the HuggingFace transformers library for inferencing. You're dealing with sensitive educational data so best to not send it over servers via APIs. Unless you're experienced in security, but even then your institution will probably not allow it.

You can use LM Studio to serve a model locally and test different versions to suit your needs. I just discovered another tool that's in early development that can help you parse the documents (exams) to output a different file per student. It's called AutoNL: https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1b3xfbc/small_benchmark_gpt4_vs_opencodeinterpreter_67b/ <--- see this thread for a benchmark of a local model against GPT-4.

For developing an application like Zomato or Foodpanda, a robust tech stack is crucial. Given your expertise in Java and Angular, a recommended stack would be using Java for the backend and Angular for the frontend. This combination is powerful for building scalable, secure, and dynamic web applications. Java provides a strong backend foundation with its reliability and performance, while Angular offers a comprehensive frontend framework for creating interactive user interfaces. This stack ensures a seamless integration between the frontend and backend components of your application, making it an ideal choice for your project.

I think you should use React or svelte and for the backend use Next.js or sveltkit and as for a database I would think you should use mongo DB and if you want to make it cross platform use flutter or React native it would be easy to use both of these if you know React they are very similar to each other and as for Next.js it is a full stack framework which uses React on the front end and nodejs at the back end good luck making the application.

Picking Java as a primary language is a good choice for a beginner. If you have got good hold of Core Java concepts then it is good to understand java based frameworks. And you are on the right track by choosing Spring boot. But before that I'd encourage you to understand Spring Core first and then put your hands on Spring Boot. Spring Boot is kind of used widely in building APIs in Microservices architecture. And Microservices are a boom these days.

As you mentioned if you're a back end inclined individual, then sticking to java and spring frameworks will be good. As a secondary language, Python is a good choice. It is widely used in AI/ML based projects and also easy to pick up.

Do sample mini assignments by looking at real world problems and solving them using Java & Spring Boot. The more you do these assignments, the better you get with it. Have them checked in github. If you don't have an account create one and start pushing your code.

It is possible but it is Difficult to make LMS better u can use some Framework or Library for your work example Angular , React , Vue

If you decide for Laravel PHP, you should take a look to FIllamentPHP, its a collection of beautiful full-stack components for Laravel using Livewire, Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS.

I've had good experiences moving from Supervisord to using systemd for managing processes, especially for setups involving RabbitMQ and Symfony. Systemd not only integrates well with the system, offering better control and management, but it also simplifies logging through journalctl and handles automatic restarts seamlessly.

Here's what I did to make the switch: - Craft a Service File: I wrote a .service file in /etc/systemd/system/ to describe my service. It includes details on how to start and stop the process, among other things. - Set Up Service Behavior: Inside this file, I specified commands like ExecStart for launching my process, Restart to ensure it always restarts after failure, and set the User to define which user runs the process. - Enable and Launch the Service: With systemctl enable my-service.service, I made sure my service would start on boot, and systemctl start my-service.service got it running right away. - Manage and Log: Whenever I needed to check on things, journalctl was there for logs, and systemctl helped me manage the service (like checking its status or restarting it). - Switching to systemd resolved the disconnection issues I faced without needing any workarounds like restartingI've had good experiences moving from Supervisord to using systemd for managing processes, especially for setups involving RabbitMQ and Symfony. Systemd not only integrates well with the system, offering better control and management, but it also simplifies logging through journalctl and handles automatic restarts seamlessly.

Here's what I did to make the switch: - Craft a Service File: I wrote a .service file in /etc/systemd/system/ to describe my service. It includes details on how to start and stop the process, among other things. - Set Up Service Behavior: Inside this file, I specified commands like ExecStart for launching my process, Restart to ensure it always restarts after failure, and set the User to define which user runs the process. - Enable and Launch the Service: With systemctl enable my-service.service, I made sure my service would start on boot, and systemctl start my-service.service got it running right away. - Manage and Log: Whenever I needed to check on things, journalctl was there for logs, and systemctl helped me manage the service (like checking its status or restarting it). - Switching to systemd resolved the disconnection issues I faced without needing any workarounds like restart jobs. It felt like a cleaner, more reliable approach.

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