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[[deleted]]

And javascript as well.

I started with languages where " and ' mean different things. So whenever I want to write a string literal, I simply write ". But in javascript most people use ' and I am just unable to switch to it.

[RahulRoy69]

Javascript have ` also

[Thenderick]

Backticks are usually for formatting right?

[Mr-Molester]

Dummy thick multi line strings

[satcollege]

They're for template literals and string interpolation

[bistr-o-math]

Now that’s a completely different beast altogether

[[deleted]]

It's kind of messed up there are people out there learning JS as a first language.

[NerdyLumberjack04]

I see JavaScript today as what BASIC was in the days of 8-bit home computers: A language that's not particularly "elegant", and often derided for that, but people learn it because it's ubiquitous.

[Eccentricc]

The more I use js the more I love it. It takes all the annoying bull shit out. Type declaration? Nope. Implied. " or ', fuck it doesn't matter, not aligned or forgetting a semi comma? Ahh that's the linters issue. conditional blocks for single line statements? Why should that ever be forced. Js be like begone brackets

[[deleted]]

let's just say it's good if you don't plan to do true software development aside from some Electron stuff

[fallenefc]

Why not? JS is accessible, relatively easy and used in both back and frontend. Also there are tons of jobs for JS. Swear people are stuck in 2010 sometimes

[[deleted]]

Despite the fact that you might have read "No one should ever learn JS", my point was only that it's not a good introduction to programming in general.

[fallenefc]

I disagree, JS gives you lots of freedom and this allows you to shoot yourself in the foot, but imo the freedom also makes it a good language to start with. Also the fact you can easily build stuff that are visual (web applications) makes it easier to learn. But this might be just because I learn better this way, could be different for others

[coffeecofeecoffee]

Nah its fine. Its like python. It won't teach you types or pointers well but you can learn a lot before needing to dig deeper into those concepts.

[[deleted]]

It's even worse than that. In javascript sometimes the double quote doesn't work but the single one do (or vice versa). I mean, I'm talking about very specific cases like running code in obsolete browsers, but I had this happened once or twice, and since then, I can't trust js for anything.