Here&#x27;s a semi-controversial opinion: you probably don&#x27;t need to learn much.<p>You don&#x27;t need hipster.js to build a website.  You can still build websites that can be used by millions of people using PHP, mysql, and HTML.<p>Lots and lots of people will tell you to learn hipster.js, and will imply that if you aren&#x27;t using something written by 3 20 year olds in a coffee shop during a hackathon, that you can&#x27;t get The Scale.<p>But the reality is that people have been getting The Scale with the tools that you already know since you learned them.<p>Here is a relevant blog post: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thingist.com&#x2F;t&#x2F;item&#x2F;21434&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thingist.com&#x2F;t&#x2F;item&#x2F;21434&#x2F;</a>