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Re:Ask HN: How should I teach code to kids? by sotojuan on Saturday February 18, 2017 @04:38PM (#13676838)
JS is a pretty bad first language to learn—too many quirks and random syntax in the last few years.

Python is dead simple—I recently had to take on a project written in it having never programmed in Python before and I essentially did not have to learn it to get the feature done.

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Re:Ask HN: How should I teach code to kids? by darpa_escapee on Saturday February 18, 2017 @06:27PM (#13677267)
I had a similar experience with JavaScript, assuming you make _extensive_ use of ES2017 syntax and features. It's actually very nice, provided you have a compatible browser, but there's a long way to go still.
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