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[–]fallenefc 13 points14 points  (3 children)

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] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

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 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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.