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Discussion on: Q: As a #CodeNewbie, what programming language do you want to learn - and why?

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Sarah Dye

I prioritize JavaScript. It is the language I learned when I was starting learning how to code and is the one I see lots of curriculum organizations prioritizes when they teach coding for new devs getting started in tech. A lot of that is due to jobs and demand. In my area, I still see lots of job postings requesting devs know JavaScript. Another reason JavaScript is recommended as a good progamming language for newbies is the documentation. There's lots of documentation available to help new developers learn and use it.

I like to prioritize JavaScript because there's lots to do with it both on the front end and back end. I especially love how JavaScript is evolving. There isn't just basic vanilla JS. Now there's different frameworks that expand on JS even more so developers can have different paths to go on with JS.

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Nitya Narasimhan, Ph.D

I absolutely agree with you here - there is a broad scope for JS developers to apply their skills and the demand for these skills keeps growing. Thanks for the reply!