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📣 vira28

Which is better b/w Python and JavaScript for a beginner?


I have been debating myself about which technology is good for a beginner. JS is interesting since it can help someone to start building a portfolio (which you can share) to others. However, python is easier to start and no steep learning curve like JS.

Also, one of the most critical criteria to decide is job prospects on the startup.

Feel free to share your thoughts especially if you have worked or know the stack in startups. Thanks.

  👤 dragonwriter Accepted Answer ✓
> JS is interesting since it can help someone to start building a portfolio (which you can share) to others. However, python is easier to start and no steep learning curve like JS.

If you are interested in webdev, go with JS first; you’ll need it for front-end and you can get by with it full stack.

Enough JS + React (or Angular or Vue) to do basic SPAs and enough Python + AWS knowledge to build a Lambda-backed API with API Gateway or a Dynamo-backed GraphQL service with AppSync would be a good way to build a portfolio, and isn't really that much to pick up.

👤 sigmaprimus
I would say currently JS has better job prospects but that is changing. Personally I like python, I feel it's a more elegant language, but that may be just because of my affinity for the similar syntax to C, (and maybe because im older?)
👤 bediger4000
Python. Javascript has too many quirks, like all numbers are floating point. You just can't generalize what you've learned in Javascript to anything else.