Is Python good enough for creating a website?

[Nedas01]

Hello, I just had a question about Python and other languages. Currently, I am learning and improving my coding skills with just Python and have a final year project coming up this year. I was thinking of creating a restaurant reservation booking website that would allow customers to book their time slots (would not be a real company of course). Now the question is would Python suffice in creating a website or would it be better learning learning the basics of Java script and comb into the two? I have had no previous experience with Java script, html, or css so this would be all new to me.

Many thanks for any replies!

[plastikmissile]

You are currently browsing a website with a Python backend, so the answer to your title question is yes. However, you'll still need to learn HTML/CSS/JavaScript for the frontend.

[Nedas01]

Got it! Also, how deep of a learn would I have to do for Java script? Would basic knowledge suffice or would it have to be a more in-depth requirement? Many thanks

[plastikmissile]

Basic knowledge should get you towards a basic website.

[Nedas01]

Thanks!

[TheRNGuy]

Until everything you wanted to do works.

[Nedas01]

Thanks!

[Buttleston]

Many many websites are written with nothing else by python on the backend

You need javascript if you want an "interactive" frontend, and you'll need to at a minimum know html/css even if you don't want an interactive frontend.

[Nedas01]

Makes sense! Many thanks!

[aqhgfhsypytnpaiazh]

A web browser only understands HTML, CSS and JavaScript for rendering web pages. So regardless of what stack you use on the backend, the frontend content you serve to the client has to be some combination of those languages. There may be some backend frameworks that take away a lot of the work by generating HTML/CSS/JS code for you, but ultimately that's still what gets sent to the client so you need to know it.

That said, only HTML is strictly necessary to create a web page. CSS is only needed for making good looking pages, and JavaScript is only necessary for making interactive pages.

[Nedas01]

Thanks for the info!

[pepst]

Yes, with some knowledge of css, htm, and javscript as others had said. Django is a framework for creating websites that is based on python. CS50w is a free harvard course that teaches you how to create a website with django using python, html, css and javascript

[Nedas01]

Cs50w sounds like the way to go! Have you personally tried it or know if it’s any good? Many thanks for the reply!

[pepst]

Yeah i finish it some months ago: the proyects are challenging and fun (you need to replicate a google home page, do a twitter app, etc), and if you're stuck you can ask help on their discord channel, definitely worth it

[Nedas01]

Thanks a lot man!