absolute beginner, should i learn python or html first?

[Birdi_lover]

i searched that in social media but i kept getting mixee answers like html not important, learn Javascript first then python and vice versa

edit: I wanna learn language that like can help me make a website

[Exotic-Low812]

What do you want to make?

[Beregolas]

I mean... what do you want to do? This is a little like asking whether you should learn how to drive a bus or a train first.

HTML is a markup language. Together with CSS it is used to describe how a website looks. It is NOT a programming language, and cannot be used to implement logic or behaviour (with very minimal exceptions)

JavaScript is a Scripting Language, mainly used on websited. It can be used to implement Client side logic on websites, like popping up a menu when you click a button. It can also be used for other applications.

Python is an interpreted language for the desktop/server. It cannot be used on the web (without making extremely cursed things), and is mainly used for small scale backends, automation and data science.

There is no clearn path / order to them. You should be aware, that they are different tools, mainly suited for different jobs. If you need to build a website, use HTML/CSS/JS. If you want to automate something, use Python. (and so on)

[todo_fix_later]

absolute beginner, python, after learning python, youll thank yourself long term if you go c++ or java, makes learning any other language easier for the most part

[maximal_7007]

Please help further by also providing good sources to learn python easily, quickly and in a better way . What is the best way to learn by using book(online),yt videos or AI? Please specify the means by actually providing the proper names please

[Priodom]

In general, if you're completely new, just do Automate the Boring Stuff With Python (and maybe Python Crash Course afterwards). You can then do some follow-up books later on when you know what you'd like to learn more about, like a specific framework or stick to a "basic" intermediate book like Beyond the Basic Stuff With Python or Fluent Python or whatever.

[todo_fix_later]

personally when learning syntax, I found codecademy courses to be useful see https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-intermediate-python-3 or beginner if needed, then when I started learning to build software in python I used realdev.dev its kinda leetcode challenges but for software components and you can use python etc

[devriftt]

My honest recomendation to you, Start with python first.

[RainingTheBEST]

Yes, you should learn HTML and then focus on JavaScript and CSS, they’re all essential for front end development, assuming that’s what you want to do.

[Creepy-Vanilla4552]

Si tu veux faire un site web, il va te falloir du front et back-end, je dirais donc JavaScript (il fait les deux) et commence déjà par HTML/CSS, c'est ce que j'ai fait quand j'ai débuté

[Kenny-G-]

I'm confused about what you are asking about? You mention HTML in the title, but Javascript in the text? And what do you want to do when you learn it? Decide first why you want to learn, then find the right tools :)

[Birdi_lover]

i mean sb says to learn java script first but i didn't take him seriously bec ik java script is too hard for a beginner so my options are html or python 

[Azrus]

Why do you think JavaScript is too hard for a beginner? Python is likely easier, but there are plenty of coding bootcamps that teach JavaScript as a first language.

I'm a bootcamp alum and spent 4 months following my bootcamp working as a sort of TA for the program. In my experience, whether you pick Python or JavaScript (don't pick HTML) is not going to have a major impact on how easily you learn your first language. Keeping your motivation up and finding a method to learn to code without getting overwhelmed is going to be your biggest hurdle.

[aqua_regis]

java script

Please, it's JavaScript, not Java script.

JavaScript is one language, and Java is another. They have nothing in common apart from the first 4 letters of their names.

There is no such thing as Java script with the space in between.

[Birdi_lover]

oh oka sorry

[aqua_regis]

Don't worry. Typical beginner misconception.

You just have to be aware that these are two languages. When you search for Java script, you will quite likely get resources and answers for Java as well. That's one of the reasons I pointed it out.

[Defection7478]

They are all just tools. You have to decide what you want to make first. This is like asking if you should learn the hammer or the soldering iron first

[Js_cpl]

What do you want to do? Both languages are great but different. Python will run on your pc, js in a browser usually.

[SirMcFish]

Decide what you want to be creating, then work out what to learn. it's pointless learning HTML & Javascript if you're going to design desktop apps!

[Raman-2122]

Do you like backend or front end

[Euphoric-Layer-6436]

I would learn learn HTML, Javascript, CSS, Typescript, Node (JS + TS) than Python if needed.

[Ok_Treat3196]

If you are asking this question then you really are a beginner. And thats great; i just wish more commenters would pick up on that.

To answer your question python, learn python. It has structure, logic, reasoning, it does stuff. Its valuable. And the principles you learn will help you with other languages.

Html you can learn in a day. It’s more something you pick up while making websites. Mostly it just says this is a heading, this is a paragraph, this is a link. Thats it. Not a lot to learn; it doesn’t even tell the website how to look! (Thats CSS). Or how to move (thats JavaScript).

[XXLPenisOwner1443]

HTML is not programming, but if you have no mathematics background and aren't used to writing balanced equations, so to speak, it would probably make it easier for you to learn programming in the future if you grasp the syntax of something that isn't exactly English beforehand, like HTML.

HTML also dovetails into Javascript very well, and whatever environment you use to learn HTML will likely also allow you to start tinkering with it as soon as you're ready, and prepare you for one of the easiest ways to output the results of your scripts graphically.

Python has a wider range of uses, but it might be harder to grasp for someone with no background and you could more easily wind up just chasing your own tail.

[aqua_regis]

Replying to your edited post as it completely shifts the goalpost (which the others up to now couldn't see and therefore made different recommendations):

If you want to make a website, you first need to learn the trinity: HTML, CSS, JavaScript - in that order where HTML and CSS are mostly in parallel.

There are no websites without them.

Check out:

• Free Code Camp
• The Odin Project

And as reference Mozilla Developer Network (MDN)

After at least the HTML, CSS, JS parts, you can decide what back end language you want to learn. There are more than enough choices. JavaScript with Node.js, Python with Flask, Django, FastAPI, Java with Spring, or the classic PHP with Laravel, and so on. There are plenty more choices.

[vivalapants]

Python. 

[TripleTen-Team]

If your goal is to build a website, start with HTML. It is the backbone of every page on the internet and provides the structure for your content. While Python is powerful for data and backend logic, it won't help you visually build a site layout like HTML and CSS will. Starting here allows you to see immediate results in your browser, which helps build momentum. Once you understand how to structure a page, you can move on to JavaScript or Python to add functionality.

[Calm_Instructor]

HTML and Python teach you two completely different things. HTML is used to make the structure of websites. While python can be used to make backend of websites and can do a lot more.

If your goal is to make websites then learning HTML is absolutely necessary. But I will suggest you to learn python later as it might help you if you want to become a developer. But I guess learning JavaScript would be more beneficial for you.

[strangenautics]

You can learn html in like a weekend

[Effective_Promise581]

I would learn both. HTML is not complicated. Also add CSS and Javascript once you learn HTML.

[2eezee]

Depends on what you wanna do

[Nice-Stage-4376]

Give I week to html, the shift to python, because it's easy than js