I'm trying to get a sense of the similarities between languages in syntax. How similar are Python, jQuery and C? I started programming in Actionscript 3 and then moved on to Javascript , then went on and learned Prototype, and then I started using jQuery and found that the syntax is very different. So is jQuery more like C and Python?
Syntax wise, JavaScript (the language jQuery is implemented in) is similar to C. Python uses a different syntax which does not rely on semicolons and braces, but instead on indentation.
Semantically, JavaScript is closer to Python, so this would be easier to learn. I don't understand how you "moved" from ActionScript 3 to JavaScript to Prototype; ActionScript has the same syntax and is also otherwise very similar to JavaScript, and Protoype/jQuery are just applications written in JavaScript (so it's the same language, but different frameworks!)
How similar are Python, jQuery, C syntax wise?