Best Programming Language And References

My honest opinion is whatever true today will change in the very near future. Just look at web application development. Java was big, then ASP.NET and PHP were competing head to head, then Ruby on Rails came along and stole the limelight, but was shortly replaced by the likes of MVC.NET which itself wasn't long-lived and replaced by Node.JS. and then of course you have always-relevant languages like C++ but you're limited to companies that are pretty serious in development. Most non-tech companies today simply use web apps or mobile apps as interface to access their services so C++ is quite irrelevant.

So instead of focusing on being deep-diver on any one language, focus on grasping the concepts and getting good at finding answers. I feel like 80% of an average developer's time is spent looking for code samples / solutions on sites like Stack Overflow or GitHub and also reading API documentation to consume them. The differentiator between the good and the bad is simply the former can make functional code happen while the latter struggles.

This is of course open to debate and is my personal opinion. What about you?