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Discussion on: Why JavaScript not Python for Web Development?

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Edmundo Sanchez • Edited

So, some backedn languages do have libraries to write front end, like python to JS or ruby to JS compilers.

You could also skip that and go for webassembly with rust.

I have nothing against vanilla JS for front end, even jQuery or other similar libraries or frameworks that make your life easier mostly because JS is not good enough.

But anything beyond that is annoying, new libraries that requiere node just to install them and have no cdn version to just use them in the front are the sign JS should have stopped years ago.

Anyone starting in front end should not need node or deno for anything, and should definitely not start with the likes of angular, react or vue.

Bottom line, you are mostly wrong on all points by failing to mention that there are ways to skip JS all togheter and still achieve things in the front.

Btw, you seem awfully biased towards JS to be written about not being biased against it.

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Atul Bhatt

I agree I was biased towards JS because it is better to learn JS in comparison to python when someone is starting with web development.

Python is good and I don't deny it. And I also agree to JS being the most dreaded language.

This article was written keeping the college students in mind who learn python and try to achieve everything with it.

This article is not about why always use JavaScript.