Should beginners learn Python or JavaScript? | Brendan Eich and Lex Fridman

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@johanfalk2875 3 года назад

He answered the question like the people asking are already programmers.

@dariuselijah9277 3 года назад

Little Kid: Mr. Brendan they taught us how to print Hello World at school today!

@PJM273 3 года назад

I clicked for an answer to the question, and ended up looking like my cat does when I explain my day to it ...

@Xaminn 3 года назад

I started with HTML and JavaScript. They confused me more than many things lol. Python is the language that I was able to stick with and push through the painful learning curve. (At least for me). But, I would recommend Python. I would also recommend the book “Learn Python the Hard Way”. That book runs you through literally everything by the brute force method. I compare this book’s teaching method to writing your alphabet over and over on the chalkboard to remember your ABCs. It definitely pushed me in the right direction to keep learning.

@transitpix 3 года назад

I'm 43 and I just signed up for Python online classes.

@jonathanpritchard6464 3 года назад

For really learning how to code, I'd say Python first for an gentle introduction to programming fundamentals (linear execution, loops, conditionals, functions, variables, scope, etc.), and a very powerful and well documented standard library of data structures. JavaScript is very useful but it has some incredibly weird behavior (some of which was touched on), and its asynchronous/event driven paradigm can be much trickier for beginners to understand when just starting out. Though it does depend on what your goal is. If you want to be a web dev, then learning JS inside and out is more beneficial.

@improcrastinating8063 3 года назад

For anyone seriously wondering: python. Learning another programming language once you understand the fundamentals, is really easy. I learned c++ in a weekend (surface level, up enough to write algos) but I failed high school programming because they taught Java. I got discouraged after spending hours debugging what ended up being a missing semicolon. Start with python, add others as you want/ need. Also the greatest help for me was understanding how programs written end up actually doing things. How files go from being types to doing things on a computer. For that search for Mozilla Developer Network and I started with web development but you can really go anywhere. Lastly, keep at it. We all get stuck, google is your friend, and build kick ass stuff!

@lucasg1478 3 года назад

Came here to figure out which language to learn and ended up with a PhD in Matrix Programming

@OpenJavaScript Год назад

I may be a little biased as a JavaScript educator, but I'd suggest JavaScript almost every time!

@DimitriNakos 2 года назад

I started with JavaScript and the instant satisfaction was the best part . I'm starting to learn Python and I absolutely love it. But I still think I made the right choice starting with JS and web-development.

@kristofgilicze 3 года назад

I feel like modern JavaScript can be considered a great language, but you have to understand that it came a long way and even then it's evolving in a rather quick fashion year by year. PHP had similar toothing issues, but nowadays it is a decent experience to use PHP as well. The issue is that arguably these languages came a long way, however in the process they became quite bloated. IMO this makes it less ideal for a beginner. I feel like Guido put way more thought into designing Python, it was not something that was just afterthought to sprinkle some interactivity to the webpages.

@svetu9411 3 года назад

I just found out that I don't want to be a programmer.

@lokhtar 2 года назад

It doesn't matter. It REALLY DOES NOT MATTER. Learn anything. The only thing that would be helpful is if you had some online community you can turn to for help, so a more popular language would be helpful in that regard. But that's essentially it. Pick something and just DO THINGS. Once you learn it well, the second language will take you a fifth of the time, and a third a tenth of the time. Then you'll be able to pick up a language and do pretty complicated things with it within a weekend.

@MrHaggyy 3 года назад

😅 best thing about beeing a beginner: You have soo much to learn you will benefit from every language and you basically cant waste any time at all. Programming is a lot about math and patterns in different style. Once you have 2-3 languages in your belt it's not too hard doing something in a 5th or 6th.

@LandausProblem 3 года назад

import Interview

@2ndx 3 года назад

took me 20 years to learn how to code. I tried c, c++, java, etc... but was hard to grasp the concept. python was the easiest language to learn. since I learned python I can go to other languages.

@thomasedward2231 3 года назад

I don’t know his answer

@mikegranberryii Год назад

I started with C, then C++, then assembly x86, then Java, then Swift, then assembly ARMv7, then Python. I've messed around with Javascript. I think python might be best for beginners (But it depends on what you want to do).

@erichighsmith7299 3 года назад

I can code Hello World! And that’s about it 😐

@factoverfiction4699 2 года назад

Depends on your end goal. Just wanna learn the easiest language? Python. JS needs to be learned with HTML and CSS. Java has an argument for being the most versatile language, so there's that.