Is Python better than JavaScript?

Answer 1

If you're just learning a language, then there is none better than Python. It's an easy language to pick up. It's well documented. It's associated with a large, active, and friendly community. Since it's a scripting language, you can easily try stuff out and immediately see the results. You can also build up from programming basics, starting by learning functions and then moving into classes.

Javascript is the bane of many a programmer's existences. It's easy enough to learn, and is good for small scripts which is what is was designed for. But once you start making anything big, it becomes hard to keep track of. That's why language modifications like CoffeeScript, Typescript and Dart have emerged.

As noted by spinon, these programming languages were used in very different ways. Python is a general scripting language, which can sometimes be used to do server-side work.
https://www.quora.com/Is-python-better-at-maths-than-JavaScript-Node-JS-And-why
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3266223/python-over-java

Answer 2

Depends on what you want to do with them.
Web --> js (both front & back end)
Machine learning --> python