Do you think we should learn JavaScript or Python first? I am very interested in artificial intelligence and natural language processing, and I honestly don't know what to do in the field of JavaScript and SEO. What is your suggestion?
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I would strongly recommend not trying to "learn" any programming language unless you're trying to make a living as a developer who specializes in it. Instead, I would focus on learning what is necessary to build whatever it is you want to build. If you're brand new to coding in general, you'll face a steep learning curve regardless of which one you choose.
I chose to start with JavaScript in college because I wanted to build a web app with a friend. Back then jQuery was popular so rather than learn vanilla JS from scratch I bought a jQuery book. When I wanted to do some statistics stuff I got into Python and R. When I couldn't afford a WordPress developer to customize my clients site, I dove into PHP.
Make your learning project based and use ChatGPT to coach you. In many cases it will be able to write you full code snippets - in those cases don't just copy and paste it. Open your text editor and re-write the code line by line, this will help you both pick up the syntax and learn to read code.
What do you want to build? <-- That's where you should start.
Best of luck!