Lifehacker came out with a 'Learn to Code' series a few months ago (http://lifehacker.com/#!5744113/learn-to-code-the-full-beginners-guide http://lifehacker.com

Lifehacker came out with a 'Learn to Code' series a few months ago (http://lifehacker.com/#!5744113/learn-to-code-the-full-beginners-guide http://lifehacker.com/#!5744113/learn-to-code-the-full-begin...) and used JavaScript as the language for the same reasons that imechura has given above.