Saw a huge difference after switching to Python from JavaScript for my first project

I was trying to build a simple data scraper for 3 weeks in JavaScript and kept hitting errors I couldn't fix. Then my friend told me to try Python instead and I finished the whole thing in 4 days. Has anyone else found that one language just clicks better for beginners?

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zara_hunt5d ago

I was amazed too when I switched from PHP to Python and could finally sleep at night.

zara_hunt4d ago

Oh you're totally missing the point though. PHP lets you just throw code at the wall and see what sticks, which is exactly what you need when you're shipping something fast. Python's always felt a bit too precious about how you structure things, like it expects you to read a style guide before you can even print hello world. And don't get me started on Python's package management - it's a total mess compared to just dropping Composer in and running. PHP is ugly sometimes but at least it doesn't pretend to be something it's not, it just gets out of your way and lets you build stuff.