Tim!!!! Let’s goooo!!! Great advice!! I’ve been going through your course through course careers and have learned tons! 99.99% of advice I’ve received all echo what you have said in a majority of your content. Decide what you want, pick a language and learn the fundamentals. I am pretty dead set on backend work! So looking forward to cranking out the latter half of the course and continue to chip away! Also, a lot can be said about the level of support you and others have given and continue to give to the community! Tim was watashino sensei des. Also learning Japanese. This roughly translates to Tim is my teacher! Thanks man!

Thanks so much man! Super happy you’re enjoying the program. Keep pushing! Can’t wait to hear more about your journey /)

Hi Tim, What do you think about Django for as much as possible (maybe also use with htmx) for frontent. I like the idea of "batteries included Django" vs. more modules to plug together with node.js to do the backend ... I'm a beginner who has survived required CS courses for an EECS degree and work in hardware (no real coding for the day job). Been studying the whole world of website development and trying to land on a stack for a simple "ecommerce" site with only a few (or one) page to start. Potential for the site to expand in the future to many pages (1000s) with some dynamic content. I understand that it will be nearly impossible to totally avoid JS and am totally fine with using JS (I know it better than Python right now) a bit. However, I am very interested in seeing what can be done on the frontend with Django for what seems like a simple (done a million times) type project (ecommerce site). Also is SQlite ok for this project or should I go with mySQL? Any thoughts? Appreciate your videos -- Thanks!

in my work I use both, JS for frontend and python for backend and data science

Spent most of my development career using Php and always heard all the great things about Python so I have been learning Python for the past several weeks. Able to pick it up faster than I expected, likely because it is geared towards backend dev, much like Php ( though Php of course lends itself of front-end, too ). In addition, the goal with Python is to be able to acquire jobs related to Data Analysis/Science and even AI. Great video!! Thank you for sharing.

I did the same thing. They say learn one language at a time. I'm just stubborn and fooled around with both. I've already learned a lot of basic JS and Python in less than a year.

⁠That is great! Glad I’m not the only stubborn one. 😉

@@alishagrace What are you planning to go into? Web development?

@@jtc9098 I’ve been into web development, but just was lacking the Javascript part of it. Mostly just front end.

Python syntax is more beginner friendly. JavaScript frightens me 😅

Thanks man, I plan on pursuing this same career path, with thesame tech stack

You mean HTML and CSS, they were always nice to me 😅

@@alwinw64 CSS has always been nice to you?! 😅

@@Louisianish maybe i haven't studied enough 😂

Do you mean, networking?

@@alwinw64 CSS will swallow you whole if you're not careful! haha Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating, but 3 years into learning web development with a few paying clients under my belt, and I still struggle to get it to do exactly what I need it to do sometimes. lol It's like the more you learn, the more complex and difficult it gets. My biggest piece of advice to everyone getting into web development is don't sleep on CSS.

Which is easier to learn ? JS or Python ?

@@itsmedeka As Tim said, they are in the same class of difficulty to learn. Getting started (one or the other will work) is the first step. Good luck.

I should add that there is no life-hack type thing for learning programming. Its not about picking the easy one - these are the easy ones. If you have motivation to stick with it, either will work.

@@BrianStDenis-pj1tq Thank you for the insight and response greatly appreciated !

⁠@@BrianStDenis-pj1tqGlad you sd this. Sick of seeing questions “What’s easiest”, “How many hrs does it take to learn X Language”. There is no hack. Just start, delve deeply, study hard, practice, build, write and then re-factor to get clean code. As in life, there are few short cuts - aka “hacks”. Well, not short cuts that won’t have negative effects in the long term.

Learn python then go to rust

why not go direct to rust ?? @@surajraika9245

It’s not a green screen!

@@TechWithTim What ever you are using, it looks great.

Thank you for this insight and helping me make a decision, much appreciated !

hahah, I wish you the best!

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Pop boss

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Nothing wrong with PHP as an imperative language...works just fine. Just be careful with the OOP bits. Version 5.6 is the best

Pick one, do not fuck up your brain The less unnatural shit you know the better

IMHO this will just get you confused. Not your problem but IMHO most "programming courses" are developed by people who never wrote a program..

Don't learn multiple programming languages at a time, learn one and be good at it

Js is amazing... So easy to learn and master and so addictive

You just wanna build build build with no end... Total addict😊

You dont need to move to Python keep focusing on JavaScript. Use node for backend and get a good foundation. Later on, learn a static language like Go if you want to expand you backend knowledge. By focusing on 1 dynamic languages (JavaScript) you will be able to learn the concept of both fromt and backend, without needed to worry about learning the syntax of another language.

@@theangelofspace155 Thanks. I really appreciate you for the feedback

A lot of mid level role mid/high pay react & react native jobs out there

What?

Find a job first.

It´s not about the language you use, it´s about the problems you solve with these languages.

@@codingcrashcourses8533 but the problems you solve with JS tend to be the lower paying ones.

Excellent practical approach. You could be watching youtube videos for the rest of your life to find an opinionated "best way". Better dive in at the deep end, learn from your mistakes and improve on what is important for you or your project...

Wow, Great insight! I learned JavaScript first as well. I'm just now delving into Python and seeing the similarities as far as the concepts are concerned.

Thanks!

Agreed! But which to start with?

​@@TechWithTimWinner is Python 🥳

I dont forget mongoose for the backend aswell...

Agree, JavaScript is mire completed. It is not just for frontend. It can be use in AI, the backend, CLI, server script, and the lost go on.

Yeah, I was wondering why he didn't mention the backend aspect of JavaScript.

This is very subjective. JavaScript will help get a entry level easier. There is not "good code structure" in python, yiu can right equaly awful or good code in both languages. JavaScript has node for the backend, and dominate in the frontend. So you will actually learn more going with JavaScript. Both languages use class so you learn the same OOP or function programing. Both has some type implememtations (jsdoc for JavaScript, or move to typescript). The second pagraph is misleading as well. JavaScript also help test the water in multiple ways (including AI). JavaScript can do pretty much anything a junior dev would want to do in python, the main difference is that python is pre-installed in most unix distro. 🤷🏻

If so it was a LONG time ago! Glad it worked out for you, that is exactly what I suggest!

Yeah it was a very long time ago around the time you did the pygame series 6 years ago and 12 hours live coding session. Everything I know about coding i learnt from you. I'm really a big fan

@@itzAustin-qr8zx wow! thanks so much for the comment :)

You can check my discord server, I also made a Skool community which can be useful: www.skool.com/software-developer-academy

Nothing wrong with type checking. But on the other hand...types should have been validated as soon as they are entered...IMHO type checking all down the road is a waste of cycles. And AFAIK compiled C++ does not run in a browser. That _could_ mean distribution problems...

Wow! Keep up the great work :)

@@TechWithTim thanks a lot I really appreciate you replying me.

Thank you for this insight and helping me make a decision, much appreciated !

Yeah JavaScript definitely prepares you better for learning other languages since it's a lot more like other languages, whereas Python is way different then most other languages due to its simplicity.

What is TS ?

@@itsmedekaTypescript.

​​@@itsmedekatypescript a javascript variant

​@@itsmedeka TypeScript. It's basically the same thing as JavaScript.

@@itsmedeka TypeScript

As someone that has conducted hundreds of interviews, I'd strongly recommend using the language you're most comfortable with. This is the language you use most often in your day-to-day. With algorithms questions, interviewers want to understand how you think in a language-agnostic way that can apply to any language. That's why places like Google allow you to interview in your language of choice. For example, I see lots of professional JavaScript devs make the mistake of switching to Python just for interviews, and their unfamiliarity almost always bites them in ways they don't expect.

@@GordonZhugreat response!

Yes

That's how u do it