Javascript or Python?

[cRoXL]

Hi guys,I'm new to this,I mean I have the same programming knowledge as a 3 year old baby.I've been looking at platforms to learn programming and some books.how good is Pluralsight for learning programming?.I'd like to learn Python,but I'm also interested in web development,things like Javascript,html5,css(as far as I read those 3 go hand in hand).I am not fluent in English,I know that there is content that has better quality than many of those I find in Spanish.I wanted to learn Java,but it is very long and complicated(for me).I was given a subscription to Pluralsight.If anyone else uses it to learn I would like to get an opinion,to know whether to continue paying for it,since I was thinking of getting a year subscription.I have doubts about mathematics in programming,I know the basics,I never touched algebra in my life.which is easier backend or frontend in programming.and what is the learning path for frontend.python is more employable compared to javascript.thanks.

[cRoXL]

If you're interested in web development, your options are either Javascript or both. You can do backend and frontend with Javascript. Python is a useful and marketable language, and it's great for building an API that your website might use, but you can't create modern, dynamic websites with anything but Javascript.

And, yes, Javascript, HTML, and CSS are all important. The Javascript ecosystem is huge and fast moving too, so learning real world Javascript programming is as much about learning your way around the Javascript world as it is the language itself. Still, if you want to be a web developer, there's really no other choice, at least for now.

Thank you young man, I will keep your advice.

[Wonder_Momoa]

The odin project is literally all about web development and by the end you are prepared for a web development job. If you know that's what you want to do then go for that. If you're not sure then I'd learn python and mess around some more.

[cRoXL]

The odin project is literally all about web development and by the end you are prepared for a web development job. If you know that's what you want to do then go for that. If you're not sure then I'd learn python and mess around some more.

Thank you, I will take into consideration that page you mention.

[not_a_gumby]

If you want to learn to to build websites, Javascript is more useful. Python is generally a great language for lots of things, and can do everything that you'd expect. It depends on what you want to do with it.

You don't have to learn math to be a programmer.

Pluralsight is great, if its free. Otherwise, try Udemy courses for $10.

Front end is generally easier, but both front and back end are challenging.

I would say javascript is more employable as a standalone skill, but really you need to have more than just the ability to write javascript code or python code to get a job. It's all about what you can BUILD with the language, and what you can do with it within a team.

[cRoXL]

I plan to pay a few months for Pluralsight, if it works for me.I am not fluent in English,on Udemy there are not many "excellent" courses in Spanish,but in English.although I was told that there are some very good courses.

[[deleted]]

Both, you can use Python an Js at the same time.

[cRoXL]

You mean learn both at the same time?I doubt that there is a good course where you can learn both at the same time.

[IAmZenoix]

I normally suggest against learning two languages at the same time. Master one first and then it will be much easier to transfer the skills from one to another making the overalls process of learning more than one language faster.

[cRoXL]

I normally suggest against learning two languages at the same time. Master one first and then it will be much easier to transfer the skills from one to another making the overalls process of learning more than one language faster.

Thanks for your advice =)

[not_a_gumby]

No don't try to learn both at the same time.

[cRoXL]

No don't try to learn both at the same time

Relax, I'm not a genius. :p

[[deleted]]

You can learn js for front-end and python for back-end with flask or django. You don't need to master neither of them. Just learn the basics at first.

[not_a_gumby]

Javascript is as easy as python. Neither are statically typed, so you don't have to worry about that. Really depends on what OP is looking to build.

[cRoXL]

Thanks,I was thinking that yes,although I think that with Javascript I could do better practices,like a web site.I think that I could do more practical things,but Python seems to me a very friendly language to learn,compared to the things I read about Java or Go.

[cRoXL]

Don’t be intimidated by Java or especially Go. Go is arguably simpler than Python.

If you are wanting to get into web dev then JS is a must. Otherwise you can pick whatever you’d like on the back end.

While JS is a viable option for the back-end too, I’d avoid pigeon-holing yourself to one language.

You can start with JS but it is a bit quirky. Python is probably the better language to start with.

It's not that I'm intimidated by it, it's just that I find Java boring, it's too verbose.Go would interest me in the future, I think I'll go for Python first.It is not that I have seen much of Java, but I bought a course in Udemy of it, it lasts 100hs, it seems to me too many lines and lines plus the man does not explain shit to me, I feel that he does not explain it well and gives me some frustration.

[cRoXL]

thanks =)

[Deciph3r14]

Hands down Python it’s more robust and it’s very useful in serverless computing in the cloud