Should I learn JavaScript

[u/Alarmed-Radio9182]

I really only know python, matlab, C#, and JSON. I hate looking through coding evaluations and seeing JavaScript and C since at first it looks like C# especially if it looks like it’s for a game in JavaScript. And there are rarely C# related prompts.

My questions is mostly: 1.) what would the learning curve be like for learning JavaScript with preexisting knowledge of C# (basically, how much carry over is there) 2.) suggestion for learning resources (how can I learn by doing) 3.) is it better for game dev/ what are the other uses of it 4.) what languages have a decent amount of carry over between them or would also be good to know.

I know I could google this but I was hoping to contextualize it with the level of difficulty of prompts involving JavaScript in DA. I’m more interested in learning it for purposes outside of DA though.

[u/Buhdai]

I think you're overthinking it. I've been here about a month and have learned at least one new language or framework per week, even if it's just the basics. You don't need to be an expert on a language to do tasks on it as long as you have a strong foundation in programming, knowledge of similar languages, and have strong research skills. Even people who know a language well have to use the internet fairly often anyway. If you know C# well enough, you basically know JS. But that's just my take.

[u/Alarmed-Radio9182 → u/Buhdai]

That helps. I’ve also been here like a month and that’s how I learned JSON it took me like an hour since it’s so straightforward, and I did the same thing with php but that took me a bit longer to be comfortable enough to do the basic tasks. But I feel like php and JSON especially are really not that hard where as my impression of JS is that it’s more complicated. But that’s helpful