Javascript vs Python THROWDOWN - Which should YOU use? (2020)

There are so many programming languages out there that it can be overwhelming to know which is right for your project. Picking the right language is crucial for getting the best performance in the least amount of time. In today’s video, we’ll compare and contrast the two most popular languages, Python and JavaScript, and explain which situations best align with each.

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[divyagr]

Legends jump directly to the comment section to get their answer...😅

[mahamerie]

Im sorry but you really sound like you have huge lack of information regarding nodejs and express framework..

[myfav]

I like how every response I read at the top was about how he is misinformed about JavaScript and Node!

[avi]

What do you mean? You can certainly work with the file system and run a server with nodejs in javascript.

[jercle]

Can't read write to file system with JavaScript so you need a server side language like python? That's a bit misleading considering NodeJS...

[kashinathpatekar]

JavaScript _can_ actually work with filesystem with require("fs"). And hey, how can we forget about Electron?

[keithbecker]

AJAX is not a library! It stands for Asynchronous JavaScript And XML! The language specification for ES5, ES6 (JavaScript) includes these concepts as CORE to the language, so it is part of the language!

[justanothergunguy]

So... Just completely ignore the fact that JavaScript is also a server side programming language?

[robbylebotha]

Python and JS aren't different languages, they are completely different tools.

[hellelo.]

Actually I agree that Electron is not a very good choice for desktop apps, just try to create 1000 empty <p> tags and monitor the memory consumption and you will end up with 2GB memory consumption and you will understand why js is not very practical for desktop apps.
Just try to package a hello world electron app and you will end up with 70mb compressed app and 110mb uncompressed app.

[HECTORARTUROA]

0:30 JavaScript: packages and frameworks: React? View, Angular, NodeJS.
0:35 Python: machine lesrning and data science.
1:00 JavaScript vs Java vs C+ vs C++.
2:15 Example: python requieres more effort for html; my note: front end.
2:50 Python for server-side; my note: back-end.
3:15 Python: strongly typed.
3:45 Python: indetation instead of brackets.
4:00 Kyte: copilot..
5:15 Python packages: pandas...
5:45 Spotify vs Netflix.

[jules]

This was very informative and easy to understand. Thank you!

[josephololade]

this is Kite official youtube channel, but anytime I see new video I click without waiting, I always learn new stuff here

JavaScript is weakly typed...
Solution: typescript

[keithbecker]

Javascript can't write to a file???
fs = require('fs');
fs.writeFile('writetofile.txt', 'Writing to a file', function (err) {

if (err) return console.log(err);
console.log('just wrote to a file');
});

[vshivam]

Don't forget...Any application that can be written in JavaScript,  will eventually be written in JavaScript.

[TheFootballPlaya]

If you want to do web, and you are trying to decide on a first/second language to learn, I’d say for sure JavaScript. Python can do backend pretty well with Django or flask, however, there’s not a whole lot of capability without using some additional front end framework in terms of making an aesthetically pleasing website or app. And by other front end framework, this would probably be using a different language anyway than Python. JavaScript has a bunch of front end frameworks and backend frameworks built on top of it, so you can make a full-stack website or app alone on a js based stack. Which is nice. It can be hard bouncing from syntax to syntax, which you’ll have to do anyway with frameworks, but with an added difference in the language being used, it makes it more complex. And time consuming as well, because you’ll need to really know two or more languages well. If you already know quite a bit of Python and are comfortable in intermediate level object oriented programming and have used frameworks before, then I’d still pick up JavaScript. Python and it’s related frameworks are few of many options for having a backend, but more importantly for this person, JavaScript will bring the front end to the site/app. Combine frameworks like Django & react into a full stack thing if this is you. If this is not you though, then I’d just focus in hardcore on JavaScript and learn the heck out of the language, procedural/OOP/asynchronous, and move forward from there into its frameworks. It’s more of straight shot.

[avi]

Having finished it, in my opinion, this is a really poor video with bad examples. You're not at all distinguishing between front end and backend which makes your video completely confusing. Both spotify and Netflix's websites are built with javascript. Spotify may use python on the backend for data analysis but likely so does Netflix. There is literally no difference between them. The fact is JS is clearly the better language because everything you can accomplish with python, you can with javascript. The same cannot be said for python. If you want the best bet with the most possible application, learn javascript, period. There's a reason it's #1 and it's not just because it's the defacto language of the web -- it's because it's so much more than that.

[campfiresnlasguns]

"Java is a general-purpose scripting language while JavaScript is a high-level client-side scripting language."

Considering how JavaScript is actually simpler to learn than Java, the use of "general purpose" for the latter as opposed to JavaScript's "high-level" definition is diabolical.

[yasinnkhann]

In js you can write to the file using node, which idk if you are implying is completely different but i personally dont think so. You can import fs which is native to node and use fs.writeFile