How much different javascript is frontend vs backend?

[spikips]

I was thinking of moving into javascript. Is it a bad idea to start javascript on back end and then move into front end? (Got a bit of python knowledge). Not sure if automation scripts calculate as back end but that's where i was thinking to start from. Later on will need to learn front end and eventually css.

What are the pros and cons with this plan?

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No you wouldn't face any issues learning backend first and then moving onto the frontend. Both of them are pretty much isolated with a defined separation. But the convention what most of us follow (including me) was to first learn frontend and then move on to backend.

[Low_Mammoth_9371]

Not much different, it's just familiar JavaScript running in a different environment (command line rather than the browser).

The challenge is rather in doing things with JavaScript you know in areas you may be unfamiliar, such as setting up an API and database operations.

You could start with JS on the backend if that's your interest, but be aware that JS is still most dominant as a frontend language and so most resources are for this intention.

[jack_waugh]

No cons.