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Hello,

I am thinking about teaching my students JavaScript first so that they can start creating websites and make their career, what are your thoughts?

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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 44 points 1 day ago

If they're not in the CS field, and you don't want to teach them CS concepts that they don't need, then you have eliminated C as an option by your own criteria.

With C, they'll have to learn about compilers, build systems, memory management, and pointers at the very least.