Why I'm Learning Python and You Should Too

Great advice! Thank you. And a beautiful dog ❤

Was working at a steel mill.... I like to fly drones also

I feel like the market is flooded with people who know these languages.

You forgot to say what Python can be used to build. What is possible? Just saying "machine learning / AI" is not enough. You don't describe the actual uses of this language. Is it like PHP? Can it generate HTML on the fly? What exactly can it do? Why make a video about Python if you don't actually talk about what it can do?

But that’s after being a programmer for 20 years to get to those income levels.

I’m just starting in coding, mainly to know about it for fun and possibly a career path.. with your video, I’m realizing the ease in using it. Thank u for the side-by-side comparisons. I’m lucky to start now compared to just a couple years ago 🤯

Get some sleep

I'm literally a bare bones beginner in coding all together, I don't even have a question to ask because my understanding is so low

PUPPY!

Dog❤

You let your dog sleep on your bed.

If you know typescript, play around with Kotlin it is an amazing language and so similar to it.

Chris, quick question? Would you say it is a good idea to focus on one programming language for at least 1 year? Before learning a second one? I don't know? I was thinking about picking up Kotlin for Android on the side but as a hobby. I find Kotlin is really similar to TypeScript and it is an amazing language, has type safety.

Python feels more like a scripting language than JavaScript.
Personally, I prefer static typing, but dynamically typed languages are fine too, especially for rapid prototyping and rapid development in the end, but that is only in the beginning, as very large programs written in these languages always become hard to maintain and understand, just by reading the code.
Fortunately, Python is adding types and already has multiple solutions for it right now, and JavaScript has TypeScript as a superset alternative.
This opens the door progressive enhancement, where you can prototype rapidly in the beginning and then start adding types where it's harder to understand the code.
So, basically these two languages keep providing what developers need, as the industry evolves.
Learning these languages is never a lost effort.

if your fundamentals are good you can switch languages in a couple days. And learn advance things as you need

- Cleaner does not equal better. Type annotations are important for debugging and for crystalizing the code.
- Using 'and' 'or' 'not' instead of symbols is bad if you dont speak English.
- Its very convenient for you to compare to JS which was a poorly designed langauge. Comparing any language to JS will make it look good.

Python is incredibly slow (60x slower) compared with rust/carbon/c or even c#. So often it will need to be rewritten in other languages if it requires speed.
Python is not strongly typed so it makes refactoring incredibly dangerous. A linting type thing just doesnt cut it.

I dont recommend python. I recommend Rust or C#, depending on the situation.

I'm just starting to learn Python 🐍🐍 for a week now 😁👨‍💻

Javascript is similar to linux/unix shell scripting when it comes to logical operators and if else conditions. I started with shell scripting and moving onto python because shell scripting is not as advanced as python or other languages. I am a linux person, so learning shell scripting for personal enjoyment was mainly my reason for learning it, and also i am Linux+ certified so I kinda have to know it lol. I only started shell scripting for 6 months or so, and i feel fairly competent at it.

I'm just starting to learn coding and you are very encouraging brother! I God bless you brother

Once you know any programming language well, learning other languages are very easy

Yeah I wouldn't base this on money... if there is a project you want to work on that uses python... then learn python.

You're like the big brother I wish I had growing up to guide me in the right direction.

Is php not a thing now?

Python = "swiss army knife of programming languages"

Hey Chris, I am 2 months in learning JavaScript and is it me? But the deeper I get into JavaScript the the bigger and complex JavaScript looks. Someone told me that I should learn Python for the fundamentals and to become a programmer. Instead, I wish I had listened because now I can say I know the fundamentals, but I feel if I had started with Python my learning path would have been so much easier. DO you think python is easier to learn than JavaScript?

What you Think start with python or js ? Im a first-year student of cybersec but i dont rly know what to do with cyber, so i decied to try web or python?

great video

Html
Css
Javascript
Bootstrap
Dom
jQuery
ReactJs
Are these enough to get a front-end job??

And vs &&, or vs ||, ! vs not is simpler. The less verbose a programming language is, the easiest it is to read and debug. I code to "speak" to the machine, not to write a book for another human. That's why - for me - C and Perl are my go-to language. I have started to check Python because of its popularity, but I always going back to C or Perl because my mind "thinks" in C and/or Perl. It is a shame that Perl was forgotten because it was the most powerfull language I had ever used to solved complex problems in very short time. And C has no contender (besides assembly) when speed is required. But Python is on my list of to-do in the near future.

good video.. it is interesting to see the fronted dev point of view about Python :) just to add, Python is used in hardware as well.. with MicroPyton and CircuitPython (very similar to Python) cheers!!

People who use python for backend have strong hardware, simple language like PHP draws circles around python, python is very slow, it should be used only for ML AI tasks, one can put those tasks on separate micro service running on python only...

Just learning now. This is my first language

Do self taught python developers get jobs vs college taught Python developers?

Wait so how long has he been a developer?

When braces and semicolon have become you second nature it isn't that easy.

I kinda prefer JS, it makes more sense to me, though I'll be learning py in the future cause I like hacking

I'm just trying to figure out which one would be better to learn if one wants to be a blockchain developer. It seems like Javascript is the better one to learn for blockchain development, but it seems like there are better sources for learning Python than Javascript, especially for data structures and algorithms.

lol learning just python ain't gonna do shit. You will need a very deep understanding of maths and statistics. Getting a degree will be more beneficial for AI.

Upload more vids please. You’re videos are what inspired me to get my treehouse tech degree which I just completed

I'm not investing my time in python. Not yet anyway. I took a class in it and dropped it after a couple weeks. The reason is because its not a mature language yet. When you get out there and start learning the latest version. You're gonna find a big problem. Between version 2 and 3, the W3C completely deprecated version 2. They are not compatible. When you get out on the web to research resources and find solutions to problems. Much of the conversation does not identify the discussion as being version 2 or version 3. So you end up wasting tons of time figuring this out. If you have deadlines to meet. Like assignment deadlines. This can be a real problem. If this trend continues where previous versions are completely deprecated. I see this language as a potential problem creating a boatload of technical debt. I chose to study web technologies for their potential longevity being device, platform and version agnostic. You can really build for the long term. If you are building for the short term, like a mobile app that will come and go with an operating system. Then Python is fine. For long term infrastructure, I don't think so. In short, I currently refer to python as "trash code". It's meant to be thrown away.

I love python, it just makes sense. Especially compared to JS

Just how do you do SWITCH statement?

Hey Chris can you be a backend developer without first being a frontend?

Hey Chris, ever since I saw the Kubrick/Spielburg movie, "A.I.", I've wanted to be Dr. Hobby, and be the guy who invented true general AI. Because when the humans are all gone, there will be nothing left but the AI. That's why I'm learning Python for AI :D
You've always been one of my fave devs, in fact I was just telling a Data Scientist at the pool yesterday your story about how you got your first coding job from a guy you knew at church. I am excited to follow your journey. Good luck, and CODE ON!

“Yeah. Python is good for your career!”



What’s your career?

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I’m doing my first course now which is html css JavaScript, I think after this course I’ll do a Python course and then decide where I want to go. I think I wanted to go web dev because I thought it’d get me into development easier, but I don’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would and I’m finding JavaScript incredibly difficult to understand concept wise, I dipped my toe in Python and absolutely loved it. So.. do you think I’m making a mistake by doing a course in both, or should I just stick with one? I was going to do Js with react and node, or Python with django.