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Learning multiple programming language at the same time

Sanjarbek Sobirjonov on October 28, 2019

Hi there again, As you know, I'm new in the programming world. I'm learning php and javascript at the same time, solving tasks and etc. Isn't it ba...
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Ryan Smith

I think that focusing your effort towards a particular goal is the way to go. If your goal is to build web applications, PHP and JavaScript go well together. You can learn PHP with a focus on "traditional" programming language features such as functions, variables, recursion, etc. to develop the back-end of the application. You can add some basic JavaScript to interact with the DOM but without taking a deep dive into the language. That would allow you to focus on PHP while getting comfortable with JavaScript and get you closer to being able to build full-stack web applications.