How to learn to make a site like twitter?

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How to learn to make a site like twitter?

chris567 opened this issue 6 years ago · comments

What languages would I need to learn / in what order etc.?

Wes Bos · Answer 1 · Fri Jan 04 2019 04:12:27 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hey - you'll need to learn a whole bunch of stuff. I got your email and I don't want to discourage you, but the skillset needed for this takes years to develop. Basically you'll need everything.

If I were doing it:

Backend - Node.js express
Data - GraphQL
Frontend- react.js
Database - mysql or postgres

Each of these things youll go down a rabbit hole of best practices and tools for each one.

So - I can't really answer this other than saying "everything :)"

Christopher Oxaal · Answer 2 · Sun Jan 13 2019 05:13:11 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thanks so much for responding! Really appreciate your input. Agree on Node.js and Express. Not sure why I would need GraphQL. Would it be easier if I used EJS instead of React, and socket.io instead of ajax (once login credentials are verified)? How about sqlite instead of Postgres?

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