> Personally I tried BASIC... JavaScript is the new BASIC, in the sense that it is universally available and a great first language to pick up. It is easy to

> Personally I tried BASIC... JavaScript is the new BASIC, in the sense that it is universally available and a great first language to pick up. It is easy to forget that self-taught programming is motivated by that intrinsic discovery factor, and JS feeds the dopamine loop!