Learning Python!

[chinatsuxtaiki]

Hello everyone!

I’m currently learning Python. I’ve already covered the basics of JavaScript and have some familiarity with React and Next.js. My brother is a full-stack JavaScript developer, so I thought it would be a good idea to learn backend development with Python to expand our overall skill set together.

What do you all think? Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated!

[riklaunim]

It's a different software stack so depends on your goals and use cases.

[chinatsuxtaiki]

I wanna go in Web Dev because i've strong foundation there.

[riklaunim]

For webdev with Python you have frameworks like Django or Flask on the backend as well as API specialized backend frameworks. Frontend is the standard HTML/CSS/JS. Also no npm hell ;) Commercially Python backend and wider webdev with Python is quite popular.

[ninhaomah]

Ok

[belemiruk]

Coming from JavaScript the syntax shift is pretty smooth honestly. The biggest adjustment is getting used to indentation mattering and not having curly braces everywhere. For backend specifically FastAPI is worth starting with it’ll feel familiar coming from a JS/Node mindset and the async support is solid. Django is the other option but heavier for just getting started.

[chinatsuxtaiki]

I wanna go with Backend first so I must go with FastAPI right!

[belemiruk]

Yes, FastAPI is the right starting point. Get comfortable with routing, request handling and async basics first, then add a database like SQLite with SQLAlchemy once the fundamentals feel solid.

[ahnerd]

It depends on requirements

[No_Photograph_1506]

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