Replit.com or some other online compiler, get them to create some variables and add some numbers. Move on to functions, arrays, ifs/fors, and maps. Teach them

Replit.com or some other online compiler, get them to create some variables and add some numbers. Move on to functions, arrays, ifs/fors, and maps. Teach them the point of JSON and data objects, and then the world is theirs.