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Should I teach students who doesn't know computer science C or JavaScript first? (programming.dev)
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Hello,

I am thinking about teaching my students JavaScript first so that they can start creating websites and make their career, what are your thoughts?

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[–] 16 points 5 months ago (1 child)

I mean, they'll probably learn more from C. But please. You can do better than javascript. At least teach them python or something.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    JS is actually pretty great as a language these days.

    It doesn't have to imply NPM hell. And it's got normal syntax and doesn't do Python's weird meaningful-indentation thing.

    (It does have the == typecasting weirdness though.)

    -- Frost

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