The options are limitless. I'm a software developer with a very limited background in web development (think Assembly, VHDL, C/C++, Python). With technologies floating around like Rails, Node/Express, Angular/Ember/Backbone, the entry into building web apps is daunting. What would you recommend and why to getting started (best resources, easy to find mentors, great open source environment, etc)? I'm very interested in finding the lowest barrier of entry into web development for the sake of building my own web applications (hobby, and eventually more). What I'm not interested at this time is looking at "what's the better technology and why" or "X will pay the most when you're good". With the technologies of today, if you were to start today, what would you recommend to a newcomer. Thanks for your help HN!
Just wanted to create a list of technology/developer focused conferences I should be looking out for and planning to attend for 2013 (PyCon, RailsConf, CES, etc).
