Just picked Python over JavaScript for my first real project

Honestly, I had to build a simple script to sort my photo files from a vacation. The choice was Python with its clear syntax or JavaScript to maybe make a web tool later. I went with Python because a free online course said it was better for beginners. After about two weeks, I got it working and it saved me hours of manual work. But now I'm wondering if starting with JavaScript would have been smarter for web stuff down the line. Did anyone else face this first language choice and regret it later?

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the_ruby3d ago

Oh man, "cry a little" is too real, that hit me right in the feels! I went through the exact same thing with my photo mess. I had like 3000 pictures from a trip to the Grand Canyon mixed up with random screenshots and it took me forever to even figure out how to get Python to read the file dates. Honestly I spent more time debugging than if I'd just sorted them by hand that first weekend. But now that it works I feel like a wizard every time I dump a new batch of photos into the folder and it just organizes itself. I don't regret Python one bit, JavaScript can wait until I need to make something that lives on a website.

carr.jana2mo ago

Wait, you sorted photos with a script?

wesley832mo ago

Yeah, the "script" was just me writing down steps in a text file because I kept messing up the folder names. It's basically a list that says "1. Find the bad photos, 2. Cry a little, 3. Put them in the 'trash' folder.