Best start language

Hi guys, I would really appreciate your help, basically I already have a few hours when it comes to HTML CSS and a little bit of Laravel but I would like to start focusing on a language and learn a lot about it because despite knowing how to use Laravel a little, it doesn't give me much code logic and I really need to learn this and I would like to hear your opinion on what would be the best language to give me this knowledge, as it doesn't necessarily have to be in the web area, it can be any language and I have started to have a greater taste in back end parts than front end Thankss
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Jochem
Jochem3mo ago
given you've already done some Laravel: PHP Or JavaScript
DoContra
DoContra3mo ago
do you recommend some course for javascript ? to learn the basics ?
ErickO
ErickO3mo ago
assembly if you plan to go webdev anyway javascript your best bet, laravel is web dev which means you'll need javascript anyway... if you don't care so much about web dev and just want something to get the basics of programming I'd go for a strongly-typed language like Go it'll give you good habits as to how to write your code and not rely on magic like javascript's type system or lack thereof
DoContra
DoContra3mo ago
From what I've already done, I'm honestly starting to look for something more in the back-end area, but I know that JavaScript was an excellent language to learn the fundamentals, or do you think that Phyton or another would be better?
Jochem
Jochem3mo ago
JavaScript was an excellent language to learn the fundamentals
Pretty hard disagree, honestly. JavaScript is unavoidable as a webdev, but it's not a good language to learn programming fundamentals. It's quirky as hell
ErickO
ErickO3mo ago
honestly I find Python even more magical than Javascript and that can form some bad habits, not that you'll be a bad dev or whatever but I'd rather start with something that forces you to be more conscious of your code before you go to the "easy" languages.
Jochem
Jochem3mo ago
it's still fine as a first language though, especially if you're going into webdev, because you are going to have to know it at least a little no matter what, even as a backend dev
ErickO
ErickO3mo ago
but really, for the backend almost any language can be used I wouldn't put any one above the others, you can pick whatever seems interesting there except python below anything else :Kappa: (this a joke)
Jochem
Jochem3mo ago
the cynical answer btw is "whatever they're hiring for in your area"
ErickO
ErickO3mo ago
also true
DoContra
DoContra3mo ago
soooooo javascript better than phyton to learn ?
ErickO
ErickO3mo ago
sooooo Javascript will show up when you do anything web dev related, so it's good to learn Go/C#/Other is good to get a good sense of programming basics like types, data structures, etc. things that are hidden from you when using languages like Javascript or Python if you have the time...I'd pick a strongly typed language for my first language it'll teach you very good habits, if you don't have the time or are impatient then just go for Javascript
DoContra
DoContra3mo ago
okokok thanks so much for the adviceeee