>The only code I write these days is for art projects, so I get to avoid most of it.
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>When I do peer into the business world I see all the focus on test driven, source control, documentation, 'agile' methodology and a bunch of things I would consider secondary to code. I just like to write code.
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>Although, it seems the mess is not so messy these days. Use javascript, pure and simple.
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>I use Java for some things (Google App Engine and Android) but other than that the browser is the only useful part of the software stack to program to anymore.

It's ironic that you cite JavaScript as pure and simple. I like it, too, but it is as messy and unmanageable as languages get.

The browser the only useful part of software? (I will not use the word *****). No love for mobile apps? To me that seems where everything is headed.