I thought learning Python first was just hype until I tried to build a simple budget app.

My friend in Denver told me to just start with Python, but I was stubborn and spent a month trying with C++. I finally switched last week and had a working version in two days. Has anyone else had a language choice that totally changed their learning speed?

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viola_butler1mo ago

My first web scraper took three weeks in Java, then two hours in Python.

robert_hayes1mo ago

Three weeks in Java sounds like actual torture.

wendy_ross711mo ago

Yeah, "actual torture" is about right, @robert_hayes. I read a blog post once where the guy called Java a "ceremonial language" because you have to write so much just to do a simple thing. That really stuck with me, and it explains why a scraper takes weeks there versus an afternoon in Python. Some tools just add too many steps for the job.