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- Interoperates seamlessly with php6
- Open source6
- Backed by facebook5
- HHVM4
- Generics2
- PHP like2
- Great documentation2
- Fast1
- Hacker1
- Hack1
- Used by facebook1
- Great type system0
- Easy to learn0
Pros of JavaScript
- Can be used on frontend/backend1.7K
- It's everywhere1.5K
- Lots of great frameworks1.2K
- Fast894
- Light weight742
- Flexible424
- You can't get a device today that doesn't run js392
- Non-blocking i/o286
- Ubiquitousness236
- Expressive190
- Extended functionality to web pages55
- Relatively easy language49
- Executed on the client side46
- Relatively fast to the end user30
- Pure Javascript25
- Functional programming21
- Async15
- Setup is easy12
- Full-stack12
- Its everywhere12
- Because I love functions11
- JavaScript is the New PHP10
- Like it or not, JS is part of the web standard10
- Expansive community9
- Can be used in backend, frontend and DB9
- Easy9
- Everyone use it8
- Easy to hire developers8
- Future Language of The Web8
- No need to use PHP8
- For the good parts8
- Can be used both as frontend and backend as well8
- Most Popular Language in the World8
- Evolution of C7
- Popularized Class-Less Architecture & Lambdas7
- Agile, packages simple to use7
- Supports lambdas and closures7
- Love-hate relationship7
- Powerful7
- Photoshop has 3 JS runtimes built in7
- Its fun and fast6
- Can be used on frontend/backend/Mobile/create PRO Ui6
- Easy to make something6
- It let's me use Babel & Typescript6
- Versitile6
- Client side JS uses the visitors CPU to save Server Res6
- Hard not to use6
- Nice6
- It's fun6
- 1.6K Can be used on frontend/backend6
- Promise relationship5
- Clojurescript5
- Stockholm Syndrome5
- Function expressions are useful for callbacks5
- Scope manipulation5
- Everywhere5
- Client processing5
- What to add5
- Because it is so simple and lightweight4
- Only Programming language on browser4
- Tenant1
- Easy to understand1
Pros of Python
- Great libraries1.2K
- Readable code952
- Beautiful code837
- Rapid development781
- Large community685
- Open source428
- Elegant387
- Great community279
- Object oriented270
- Dynamic typing215
- Great standard library76
- Very fast57
- Functional programming52
- Easy to learn45
- Scientific computing44
- Great documentation34
- Matlab alternative27
- Easy to read26
- Productivity26
- Simple is better than complex22
- It's the way I think19
- Imperative18
- Free17
- Very programmer and non-programmer friendly16
- Machine learning support15
- Powerfull language15
- Powerful14
- Fast and simple14
- Scripting13
- Explicit is better than implicit10
- Clear and easy and powerfull9
- Unlimited power9
- Ease of development9
- Import antigravity8
- Print "life is short, use python"7
- It's lean and fun to code7
- Now is better than never6
- Great for tooling6
- Flat is better than nested6
- Python has great libraries for data processing6
- Although practicality beats purity6
- I love snakes6
- High Documented language6
- There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious6
- Fast coding and good for competitions6
- Rapid Prototyping5
- Readability counts5
- Plotting4
- Web scraping4
- Great for analytics4
- Socially engaged community4
- Lists, tuples, dictionaries4
- Complex is better than complicated4
- Multiple Inheritence4
- Beautiful is better than ugly4
- CG industry needs4
- If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a g3
- Easy to setup and run smooth3
- Generators3
- Easy to learn and use3
- Simple and easy to learn3
- No cruft3
- Many types of collections3
- Import this3
- List comprehensions3
- Pip install everything3
- Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules3
- If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad id3
- Powerful language for AI2
- A-to-Z2
- Because of Netflix2
- Only one way to do it2
- Better outcome2
- Good for hacking2
- Flexible and easy2
- Shitty2
- It is Very easy , simple and will you be love programmi2
- Batteries included2
- Can understand easily who are new to programming2
- Should START with this but not STICK with This2
- Powerful0
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Cons of JavaScript
- A constant moving target, too much churn22
- Horribly inconsistent20
- Javascript is the New PHP15
- No ability to monitor memory utilitization8
- Shows Zero output in case of ANY error7
- Can be ugly6
- Thinks strange results are better than errors6
- No GitHub3
- Slow2
Cons of Python
- Still divided between python 2 and python 351
- Performance impact28
- Poor syntax for anonymous functions26
- GIL21
- Package management is a mess19
- Too imperative-oriented14
- Hard to understand12
- Dynamic typing12
- Very slow11
- Not everything is expression8
- Indentations matter a lot7
- Explicit self parameter in methods7
- Incredibly slow7
- Requires C functions for dynamic modules6
- Poor DSL capabilities6
- No anonymous functions6
- Official documentation is unclear.5
- The "lisp style" whitespaces5
- Fake object-oriented programming5
- Hard to obfuscate5
- Threading5
- Circular import4
- The benevolent-dictator-for-life quit4
- Lack of Syntax Sugar leads to "the pyramid of doom"4
- Not suitable for autocomplete4
- Meta classes2
- Training wheels (forced indentation)1
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What is Hack?
Hack provides instantaneous type checking via a local server that watches the filesystem. It typically runs in less than 200 milliseconds, making it easy to integrate into your development workflow without introducing a noticeable delay.
What is JavaScript?
JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.
What is Python?
Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.
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