Shoutout to that Reddit guy who told me to stop wasting time on HTML and learn JavaScript first

Some random user on r/learnprogramming told me last March to ditch learning HTML tags and jump straight into JS logic. I ignored them for 2 months, built like 4 static pages, and realized I couldnt make anything interactive. Finally switched to a free JS course on Codecademy in May and now I'm making actual working stuff. Anybody else get bad advice to start with just HTML and CSS?

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nancygrant2mo ago

Yeah building static pages is fine for a week or two but you hit a wall fast without actual logic... People act like HTML is a prerequisite but you can pick that up as you go once you understand variables and functions.

nancy4751mo ago

Huh, I learned HTML before any logic and it made everything click for me.

henderson.wesley2mo ago

Haven't we all written a static site that felt more like a museum exhibit than a real app, @nancygrant? I definitely learned variables backwards - started with jQuery spaghetti and had to unlearn everything.