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I would hardly call C "archaic". But that's beside the point. If you are a physics person then the problem will not be learning the language. You will pick up everything you need in a few weeks to a month at most.

In my opinion the hardest part is learning about how a web app is put together and about all the moving parts. I don't know of any good resources for that. Please, somebody chime in with something because that is what is holding me back.

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If what you want is a web app then I would look for the first-in-class tutorials for a given framework/language. This assumes you are comfortable with a given language.

For Rails that would probably be https://www.railstutorial.org/.

For Meteor, that would be https://www.discovermeteor.com/.

I can't speak to Django or Flask. Or node based platforms like Sails.

I would recommend the Rails tutorial even if you don't ultimately settle on Rails. There's something magical about that tutorial. I recommend it now even though it is not my platform of choice.

About the moving parts, I am developing a mobile app. I am starting with Swift and hopefully pick up Java for Android later on.

I expect heavy data processing at a backend database, maybe on Amazon or Google cloud. I am not sure what I need there. Maybe MySQL?

Also do I need something extra for interface between frontend and backend?

You have been very helpful. Thanks.

Yes, I totally agree with you. But I am diving in - hopefully it will be a worthwhile journey.

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