Question
I want a career in IT but I have trouble learning. I will often have to re-read a page 3 times for it to sink into my brain.
This makes it extremely difficult for me to learn programming languages. Learning web development has been difficult for me because it goes from HTML/CSS to Javascript, then PHP, then MySQL and its hard for me to jump from 1 language to the next.
I'm thinking of switching to the MEAN stack (Mongo, Express, Angular, Node) because this means learning 1 language, and just really diving deep into 1 language.
I feel like that might be more focused than switching around to different languages and platforms.
Am I right in assuming that a MEAN stack is more focused than learning a LAMP stack?
Answer
The big challenge using MEAN over LAMP will be deployment.
Time to setup + manage MEAN stacks will likely be considerably longer.
Also, you'll have to write all your code.
Whereas with LAMP, you can do a WordPress setup in a few minutes.
A better question to consider is what project(s) you'll be implementing using your stack.
For example, trying to duplicate WordPress on a MEAN stack... well... requires you write your own WordPress equivalent or find an equivalent.
Start with your application/project + then determine you best runtime environment/stack.
