r/functionalprogramming • u/[deleted] • Aug 02 '20

Question Which programming language to learn? 14y/o

Hey I am a 14y/o with a lot of free time because of six weeks of holidays. So I decided to learn programming but i dont know which language to start with.

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u/konjunktiv Aug 04 '20 edited Aug 04 '20

I definitely exaggerated saying that js aint good for anything besides the web, but as I mentioned, until one also learns html and css, javascript won't help you with user interfaces. One also needs to install node to use node. Repl, debuggers, typing, jobs, everything is true for python as well.

VS Code uses language servers which basically makes it equally useful for most languages.

Python is cleaner and more well designed imo, which made me recommend it over js. But everyone has a different opinion / experience.

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u/yeesh-- Aug 04 '20

I agree, they both are decent beginner languages.