Your career goals and personal interests should guide your choice of a first programming language, not just what’s popular.

The tech world is growing rapidly, demanding more skilled programmers. Yet, coding is still an intimidating mountain to climb for many, with its complex jargon and seemingly impenetrable logic.

A lightning-fast crash course on JavaScript, the world’s most popular programming language. From its 1995 origins as Mocha in Netscape to powering front-end apps, Node.js servers, mobile apps, and ...