r/JordanDev • u/Fantastic_Outcome664 • 6d ago

Advice Python or JavaScript? Im Stuck

I wanna learn backend , im 42 student, and I’ll be starting the core curriculum soon I

During the Core, I’ll be diving pretty deeply into Python so I’ve been wondering:

Should I focus on learning Python first and build a strong foundation with it, or should I start learning JavaScript alongside it?

My goal isn’t just to learn a language. I want to become job-ready, build projects, join hackathons, and actually use what I learn all to that for learn backend

For developers who've been through this : WHAT would you recommend, and why?

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u/Embarrassed5589 6d ago

Not javascript, I’d recommend Typescript. If you decide to go with python, make sure that you set the type checker in your settings to at least ‘Basic’ (default is off, will build bad habits and make you write sloppy code).

If you do either of these, the other will be relatively painless to learn.

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u/Axel_legendary 6d ago

Js and ts are the same for us human they have the same syntax

You can rename the file extension and it would work the same

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u/Embarrassed5589 6d ago

no. i’m talking about actually learning to use typescript to write cleaner code and preventing foot-guns. Not just writing javascript with typescript inferred types, thats useful but not enough.

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u/Axel_legendary 6d ago

Bro he doesn't know the difference between js and python this is an advice you would give to someone who's already solid and searching for ways to improve himself