{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Web Dev with Matt","title":"If I Were Starting Over as a Web Developer, How Would I Do It? (Part 2)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1491,"description":"If you've been wondering how to get started as a web developer, but were unsure how to do so, in this episode of the podcast, I'm continuing to step through how I'd get started if I were starting over. In this episode, I'm talking about how to pick the right software language and tech stack for your web development journey, before you dive in and commit to mastering them.\nTo help you do that, I'm asking questions such as:\nWhich languages do you enjoy using?\nHow big are the communities around each language?\nWhat is the language's available tooling like (e.g., Composer for PHP, Maven and Gradle for Java, Cargo for Rust, etc)?\nWhat job openings are available?\nHere's the quote from the show: \"There are only two kinds of programming languages. Those people always complain about and those people never use\".\nLinks from the episode\nSeek\nIndeed: Job Search\nTIOBE Index for July 2026\nPYPL PopularitY of Programming Language\n2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey (Technology)\nThe Top Programming Languages 2025 (IEEE Spectrum)\n\nWant to grow your knowledge further?\nCheck out the books below, where you can grow your web development skills in a very focused, very hands-on way.\nDeploy with Docker Compose\nMezzio Essentials\nHosted and produced in Bundaberg by: Matthew Setter.\nWebsite: https://matthewsetter.com.\nFollow me on: LinkedIn.\nIf you like the podcast, and want to support it, how about buying me a coffee?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ErogIDxqOFQN8RVLHvl3XfLOJ_kkPEv3rY7vQp7PDxI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEyNjc1LzE2NzIz/ODI3ODYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}