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Neckbearded Basement Dweller 17/07/19(Wed)00:36 No. 5054
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Friend is learning JavaScript as her first language. Should I stop her?


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Neckbearded Basement Dweller 17/07/30(Sun)05:44 No. 5057

Unless she is specifically trying to learn Front-End Web Development with Front-End Frameworks, I'd recommend trying to get her to switch.

Python in general is a much easier more intuitive first language, and if we wants to do WebDev, the Flask framework makes it very easy. Once she is comfortable with Flask, HTML, and CSS, going into JavaScript, Front-End or Server End will be generally much easier.


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Neckbearded Basement Dweller 17/08/31(Thu)15:35 No. 5070

fuck no


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Neckbearded Basement Dweller 17/10/19(Thu)15:15 No. 5078

>>5054
No, let her be comfortable in C-syntax instead of using Python.


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PussyCat 19/04/18(Thu)10:57 No. 5249

C++


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Neckbearded Basement Dweller 19/05/10(Fri)00:33 No. 5254

No, it's basically lingua franca at this point. Also the ability to easily make things happen in a browser might hold her interest longer than piping "Hello world" to the console.

But with all that said, I def think learning something like C is also a great way to learn as well.


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Neckbearded Basement Dweller 19/08/13(Tue)16:59 No. 5287

No, don't stop her. As >>5254 described it's better to program something than get discouraged by language technicalities and stop programming all together. C languages getting recommended by seasoned programmers to newcomers is cruel. It's like when I started going to the gym and was using the assisted machines then my friend made me squat 150 lbs and ruined my back for a month. If she uses JavaScript for long enough maybe she'll naturally become interested in lower level language concepts and want to pursue C.


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Makoret 19/08/28(Wed)00:38 No. 5297

i'd like to know why would u stop her?


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Neckbearded Basement Dweller 19/09/30(Mon)14:22 No. 5313

JavaScript also popular programming language and if your friend like to study it do not stop her. My friend and I created some own apps - stores where we want to sell some goods and integrate apple pay to own apps so here https://spdload.com/blog/how-to-integrate-apple-pay-in-app/ I found article about it


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Patrick+Edward+Davis 19/10/02(Wed)17:57 No. 5315
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man maybe she can learn the effing maths bruh! i mean duh physics symbol interpretation.


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Neckbearded Basement Dweller 19/10/23(Wed)01:16 No. 5319

You should not waste a second and make that happen right away. Do the good thing. We need more do gooders in the world. lol Ideally it can come off and for good. I'm talking about any instance of her working on Javascript. It might not make sense to her now but she'll thank you down the line. Basically everyone does that who considers working in Javascript. lol


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Neckbearded Basement Dweller 20/05/06(Wed)17:37 No. 5375

Not necessarily stopping, but you should emphasize the limitations of the language outside of web development and the insanity (security or sane practices? We don't need those here) of its library ecosystem

Also Python simply has both more useful libraries for everything and they tend to be better-written.


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Neckbearded Basement Dweller 20/08/19(Wed)15:43 No. 5409

>>5375
python has better libraries and more secure environment i think, but its also less powerfull language, there is no popular language other than javascript that makes using high-order functions easier. Start with https://eloquentjavascript.net, most important chapter is about asynchrous programming. She should learn about async and events as soon as possible otherwise she will have bad time. Also she should learn high-order-functions and then she can learn react and start earning lot of money


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Neckbearded Basement Dweller 20/10/27(Tue)01:28 No. 5425

IMHO, women tend to gravitate towards less rigorous areas like front-end web development because their brains are not as analytical as those of men, so something like C programming probably isn't a good fit for them. I would say let her learn Javascript. It can't hurt.


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Neckbearded Basement Dweller 20/12/01(Tue)01:33 No. 5433

>>5054
Nothing wrong with Javascript, my first language was some fucking Game Maker shit


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Neckbearded Basement Dweller 21/01/29(Fri)22:09 No. 5448

>>5425
Do you have a source for that?


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Neckbearded Basement Dweller 21/05/10(Mon)01:49 No. 5462

>>5054
In regards to web development, doing CRUD is not real programming. CRUD is create read update delete.

If you're programming a jobs board, you can create jobs, read them, update a user's CV and personal information, and delete job applications. To code something like that, it's not real programming because it's CRUD.

Get her to make a battleships game using the command line on C, and making a tic tac toe game in C++ using the relevant algorithm where each square is numbered 1-9 and a winning line adds up to 15. If she can do that then she has programming talent.

Programming requires a certain level of problem solving and intuitive thinking, so when programming jobs are hiring, the recruiter aims to negatively filter out the people whose past experience and portfolio consists solely of CRUD projects. Not everyone has that talent.



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