PSA: Picked Python over JavaScript for my first project and it backfired

I started learning last month and had to choose between building a simple calculator in Python or a basic website with JavaScript. Went with Python because everyone said it's easier, but now I realize I need a website for my kid's school project. Anyone else pick a language for the wrong reason and regret it?

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the_wendy1mo ago

My first project was a Python calculator too and it took me three weeks to realize nobody actually needed a calculator app. I shouldve done what my neighbor did which was build a simple HTML page for her daughters lemonade stand in two days with JavaScript. Now Im stuck explaining to my kid why I cant make a website. Python is great for data stuff but for a school project it was the wrong tool. Hope you switch now before you sink more time into it.

lilya761mo ago

Haven't you heard of Brython or PyScript? You can write Python that runs in a web browser, so you could build that lemonade stand site with Python after all.

lewis.finley1mo ago

Oh wow, that's rough. @the_wendy's point about tool fit is spot on but I gotta ask - did you actually know what your kid's school needed before you picked Python? Sounds like the real problem wasn't the language but picking a project without checking the requirements first. Most beginners I see do that, pick a tool because it's "easy" instead of matching it to what theyre actually trying to build.