Should I teach students who doesn't know computer science C or JavaScript first? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 days ago by ghodawalaaman@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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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?

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[-] dadarobot@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

Dont teach anyone javascript. periodt

[-] dancingtigergames@mastodon.social -2 points 3 days ago

@dadarobot @ghodawalaaman TypeScript is way more powerful than JavaScript. I recommend learning TypeScirpt, Kotlin, Python, C# and Java but not Rust

[-] mimavox@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

Sounds like you just listed your favorite languages. Why not Rust?

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Typescript literally is JavaScript. Therefore it is not possible to be "way more powerful" than JavaScript.

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

They probably mean the type safety with things like refactoring, and not necessarily the performance.

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