I sincerely hope that this post becomes the defacto for beginners , even if to just break the ice when the questions come into steemit.chat

Problem with using javascript as one of the example languages is that every Tom, Dick and their sister Jane thinks they are pros at it because they got to fade something out when clicking a button.

All in all this could have been written by a politician as it says so much but nothing at all.
Made my day.