Took the Python course before JavaScript and it clicked differently

I spent 3 weeks on a JavaScript tutorial for beginners and felt lost with all the curly braces and callback syntax. Then I tried freeCodeCamp's Python track instead, and the plain English style just made loops and functions finally make sense to me after a month of struggling. Has anyone else learned better by starting with a simpler language first, or am I just weird?

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tarar2720d ago

Honestly I think jumping to Python first can make JavaScript feel worse later since you skip the annoying parts that are actually part of coding. I did 8 months of Python at a community class, then tried JS and the curly braces still gave me headaches for weeks. Starting easy is fine but you still gotta face the messy stuff eventually.

henry60419d ago

Braces are just annoying, but callback hell is the real teacher.