The JavaScript video series for beginners follows a similar structure to the 44-part Python series Microsoft launched on YouTube in September last year, offering students lessons in the language ...

A study conducted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) put Python at the top of the list of favorite languages among such contenders as Java, JavaScript, C++, and Go.

The top language is given a score of 100, and all languages with lower scores are scaled in relation to it. C++ last year scored 99.7 , followed by Java at 97.5, and C with 96.7.