Tried Python first then switched to JavaScript for my first project...

I spent about 3 weeks learning Python basics through freeCodeCamp and thought I had it figured out. Then I tried to build a simple website for my dog's grooming schedule and hit a wall with rendering anything visual. A buddy from a meetup in Austin told me JavaScript was way easier for making stuff you can actually see and click on. So I switched mid-project and rebuilt everything in JS over a weekend. The project works now but I'm still shaky on functions... has anyone else bounced between languages like this?

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iris_burns1mo ago

Spent a whole weekend trying to teach my cat to code in Python as a joke, then realized I was just procrastinating on learning JS myself. @blair_davis I feel you on the clicking part, it's way more satisfying to make buttons do stuff than stare at terminal output. Still can't write a function without looking up the syntax every time though, pretty sure my brain just deletes it overnight.

blair_davis1mo ago

Man that Austin meetup sounds cool. I bounced between Python and JS too but it was for a different reason. I started with Python to make a Discord bot for my gaming group but got lost in async stuff. Then I tried making a simple website for my cat photos and JS just clicked better.