That statistic about Python being easier for beginners actually surprised me

I was reading through some coding guides last week and came across a stat that said over 80% of coding bootcamps start with Python for complete beginners. That really surprised me because I always thought JavaScript or HTML would be the go-to since you can see results right away in a browser. I started with HTML and CSS myself about six months ago and it made sense to me visually. But after looking into it more, Python does have a really simple syntax that avoids a lot of the curly braces and semicolons that tripped me up early on. I guess what I'm wondering is whether starting with Python actually makes the harder languages easier down the road or if it just delays the confusion. Has anyone here tried switching from Python to something like Java or C++ and found it was smoother than starting with those from scratch?

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robert_roberts11d ago

Nah, Python just teaches bad habits that make switching to typed languages way harder.

olivia_hernandez11d ago

You said it teaches "bad habits" - what specific bad habits are we talking about here? Like not declaring types or something else lol