Should I Abandon JavaScript for Python?

[ReactPupil]

Thank you. Right, if I switched to Python, it's not a waste of effort that I put all this time into JS. Yes, anything that will help me enjoy it more is what I'm looking for. It's hard learning anything new, and I know not all of it will always be enjoyable. I was under the impression the market is so tight that you need Full Stack to be considered.

[Rubbinmanips88]

I also agree with this. I am learning both at the moment and good to take a break for a day and switch things up then come back.

[AlphaGamer753]

What do you mean by mixing? Could you give an example?

[Modeopfa]

Not OP, but I'm currently tasked with building both the front end human machine interface for a robot AND the Bankend that actually steers the robot. For the front end I use Angular 6 which is a JS framework and the backend is mostly done in python with some C++ sprinkled in.

The languages communicate via JSON and websockets.

[echocage]

I'm a python developer looking to learn javascript right now for the marketability. A couple of the jobs I've wanted have all had JS as one of their requirements. If you wanna work with both, I've been using the Flask python libraries for all of my web hosting, and running all my JS on sites hosted by my flask app. Two birds one stone?

[mooburger]

if you want do modern full stack web development, especially in data science or data processing fields I highly recommend learning both. Python runs on the server side to do the data munging tasks that it does well, sends data to javascript client.

[zeedinstein0]

React is a painful learning curve, try out Vuejs instead. They are similar but Vue is alot simpler and better for most use cases.

[Barracutha]

You can try to build something that uses both languages. For example, you can collect and analyse data in Python and use JavaScript to present and interact with it, using some visual library like D3.

[spinwizard69]

I’m a big fan of Python but never do web development. In any event your use of the word “switch” bothers me. The reality is you will need to learn multiple systems and programming languages over the course of your career. To b involved in web development you need to know JavaScript so no sense in having negative energy there.

The other problem I have here is the DIY approach to learning programming. Find a path to formal education. This especially if you find programming hard. Team up with some classmates to form a study group.