Hello,

I am thinking about teaching my students JavaScript first so that they can start creating websites and make their career, what are your thoughts?

  • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
    7·
    21 hours ago

    I would teach Typescript. Being able to write the types down and hover things to see what types they are will definitely help them.

    I think C would put them off. I also wouldn’t go with Python, in case they want to do things like write games or make websites, which are common tasks you can do with Typescript but not very well with Python.

      • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
        11·
        2 hours ago

        Python’s performance is too poor to do anything serious. Go and look at the screenshots from Pygame. They look like ZX Spectrum era games.

        Compare that to something like PixiJS.