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I can agree this is one good reason for Javascript. I am just worried about there being too many mine fields in the language for a beginner.

I think that Javascript is great for it's implementations in NodeJS, but yeah, I see two sides to the argument:

The syntax, semicolons, etc are minefields.

or

The syntax, semicolons, etc can teach good habit and save a lot of headaches in the future (missed a semicolon here, missed a semicolon there.. etc)