user: I want to develop a small time-tracking app for personal use, to improve my programming skills in general. I know some JavaScript and some Python, but I am not particularly good at either. Which language would be more useful to get better at? And should I start using a framework or code everything myself from scratch?

assistant: Both languages can serve as a great foundational programming language to learn. JavaScript could come in handy if you are interested in developing web applications or a web-based frontend for your application. Python could be a better choice if you want to build an application without a web frontend. Learning Python could also enable you to explore machine learning and data processing libraries if that piques your interest. Either language could serve you equally well in this case.

Frameworks are great for speeding up development work, but I recommend getting a solid understanding of a programming language before attempting to learn frameworks. Knowing the basics before branching out can save you from unneeded frustration.

user: What framework should I try to see if frameworks are right for me?

assistant: Here are some Frameworks you could start trying that use Python.

1. Django:  is an open-source Python framework that provides a full-stack development environment for building cross-platform websites and web applications. It provides a high-level programming interface for faster code executions, thereby simplifying and accelerating the development process. Django enables Python developers to build responsive, scalable, and database-driven websites with intuitive UI/UX for maximum user interactions. It mitigates coding requirements, reduces time-to-market, by minimizing the development lifecycle. 


2. Flask: is a lightweight microservices web framework or microframework that supports Python-based programming to develop static/dynamic web pages and web applications. Unlike the Django framework, Flask has no database abstraction layer and doesn’t require third-party tools or libraries. Available under the BSD license, it majorly relies on two components i.e Werkzeug WSGI toolbox and Jinja template. Werkzeug is a library of WSGI-compliant applications operating under the BSD license. Whereas, Jinja is a template engine for programming in Python language. 

3.TurboGears: Similar to Django, TurboGears is a full-stack web framework based on Python that provides complete support for building high-quality web applications. It provides a data-driven approach to building interactive, scalable, responsive, and lightweight websites and web apps with an intuitive programming interface. The framework streamlines and simplifies web application development using a variety of Python and JavaScript-based tools. For example, developers can accelerate web development processes using add-on tools like Repoze, WebOb, and SQLAlchemy. It also renders support for popular web servers such as Pylons. 


4.Pyramid is an open-source web framework based on Python application programming that is rapidly gaining traction these days. It is a progressively growing Python framework that is inspired by other similar projects like Pylons and Zope. The framework runs on Python 3 versions and is usually preferred by experienced developers because of its flexible, high-level programming interface. Pyramids provides a simple and minimalistic approach to building basic web applications faster and more efficiently. 


5.CherryPy is an object-oriented framework for building web applications that facilitate rapid development using Python-based programming. It runs seamlessly in a WSGI-compatible environment and embeds its own mult-hung server. As a result, the framework can act as a web server itself, thereby alleviating the backend processes. Using CherryPy, developers can build web applications similar to any other object-oriented program in Python. It renders support for add-on filters to call and execute at a given interval of time. 

 This  section of information was sourced from www.oodlestechnologies.com

Also if you would like to use frameworks for JavaScript here are a few options:

1. Vue.js : Vue is a progressive JavaScript framework for building single-page applications (SPAs). It's a reactive framework that you can plug into an existing server-side language with minimum effort. If you're more interested in building progressive web apps (PWAs), then you might want to consider picking up Vue.

2.  React.js :React is a component-based JavaScript library created in 2011 by Jordan Walke, a developer at Facebook. Although its documentation says it's a library, a lot of users of React argue that it's a framework since it independently supports full front-end applications.

3. Angular.js Developed in 2010 and introduced by Google in 2012, Angular is a scalable MVC-based framework for building SPAs and PWAs.Angular uses Plain Old JavaScript Objects (POJO) to relate with its models. So it's capable of independently handling extra functionalities for controlling objects. It's a suitable framework to consider if you like to build enterprise apps.

This section of information was sourced from www.makeuseof.com

I hope that you find the best option for you and that this helps you in your app development.