I really want to say that I wish I started with Javascript, because it's so pervasive. But the issue I have with that is all the fragmentation and weirdness that can be super overwhelming for beginners. Don't get me wrong, with a little experience, the JS landscape isn't impossible to navigate, but just the idea of its convoluted landscape is enough to throw new folks off.
When I think of beginner programming I think Variables, Types, Conditionals, Repetition and basic IO. For the purpose of starting on this journey, I think Python was great.
I haven't touched it in years though...
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I started with Python many moons ago...
I really want to say that I wish I started with Javascript, because it's so pervasive. But the issue I have with that is all the fragmentation and weirdness that can be super overwhelming for beginners. Don't get me wrong, with a little experience, the JS landscape isn't impossible to navigate, but just the idea of its convoluted landscape is enough to throw new folks off.
When I think of beginner programming I think Variables, Types, Conditionals, Repetition and basic IO. For the purpose of starting on this journey, I think Python was great.
I haven't touched it in years though...