Why does nobody talk about how much better Python is than JavaScript for your first language?

I tried to learn with JavaScript for about three months and kept getting stuck on weird syntax rules and browser errors. Then I switched to Python and wrote a simple script to rename all my photos in a folder in under an hour. The code just made sense because it reads like plain English. Has anyone else felt this huge difference when they picked their first language?

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sam_rivera1mo ago

Oh man, my buddy had the exact same thing happen! He spent weeks fighting with JavaScript just to make a button change color, and it never worked right. He switched to Python on a whim and built a little weather app in an afternoon. It's crazy how much smoother it is when you're not battling the language itself, right?

iris_ellis1mo ago

Python's just as messy for web stuff, @sam_rivera.