SHORT: BEST 1st WEB DEV LANGUAGE? READ FOR CONTEXT

So my gf became even more of the girl of my dreams last night by confiding to me she wanted to learn web development like actually learn it and do freelance work, this evolved from just wanting to start a blog. (We have a dream of being digital nomads and traveling the world together)

Now I am but a simple innocent C++ dev not trying to start a flame war buuuutttt... What web language would be most beneficial for her to learn as her first main language? And Why?

She's done some simple html is the past (not myspace), she took a web design class in high school years ago. Thank you for all the help! 🖒

@Letmecode hmmmmmmm python say you? That could work really well I was actually planning on teaching my python soon away.

Ok 2 questions. Would you say JavaScript is better for freelance since it's everywhere? And this is obviously lofty but which of those languages can straight up built a website from scratch start to finish without the most head bashing lol

This might be helpful to you. ( in fact everyone) https://github.com/kamranahmedse/...

Javascript is probs best for freelance stuff, since it's impossible creating a website without it. Backend you could go Node, or just use firebase and avoid thinking of the backend entirely.

Just start with the basics and get them down properly: HTML and CSS. Make a professional looking site or two, then you already have marketing material. Don't bother with fancy new frameworks if you don't know how that works, because in 3 months someone's gonna recommend AlpacaFrameworkGenerator2000 instead of Elixer and you'd have to learn everything again.

After that, try some server side language. Make a contact form and a login form or so. PHP gets a lot of hate, but 1) it's simple, 2) has lots of cheap hosting support, and - most importantly - 3) it's still used a lot (might be good to have seen it at least). Python is also a good one, with a framework like Django or Flask or something. Or ASP.NET if you're a Windows person and feel like going for expensive Windows server hosting. Or whatever a friend is good at who could host and help.

Hope that helped!

This is funny. Like what language/ framework should I get my girlfriend?

Not used to reading stuff like this..

+1 to HTML and CSS first. Maybe then move to Javascript. I learned Django because I already know Python but I think that Javascript is the most common due to the variety of frameworks.

Simple answer is (after HTML+CSS): JavaScript, it is the language of the web.

Deeper than that depends on what your aims are. Do you want to make complex web apps? Simple blog sites? Ecommerce websites?

You have so much choice of language, frameworks and tooling, each have their own set of pros and cons that may or may not meet your requirements.

JavaScript is obvious choice. Get comfortable with HTML/CSS, move on to whatever. (Node, scss, pug, the world is big, explore it)

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@YousifMansour LMFAO! Dude I'm in heaven right now!

The general consensus is looking like html + css first, she's worked with html so it'll be less daunting. Once she's nice and comfortable with those 2, I'll have her decide what looks better to her JavaScript, Elixir or PHP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE! Best part this didn't turn into a flame war 👏👏👏

@Letmecode That makes sense so being unavoidable she needs to at minimum understand and be familar with javascript. Pshhtt no worries dude, thanks for the well put together responses and support! 🖒🖒🖒