[conductr]

Do you know for sure those topics are best first step? I'd argue they likely are not. Pick a language and buy the $10-20 udemy course. Javascript is popular, but I think it gets confusing fast and something like Python, Ruby/Rails, or even PHP is best place to start.

Spend any time on HN, or around entrepreneurial developers, and you'll learn we all realize programming is a skill but it doesn't create a business. If you're trying to do that, put your marketing chops to use first. Learning technology could take weeks or likely months. It's not a productive first step if you are serious. Topics like CI/CD are not necessary at all.

[akudha]

Golang is a good option too. It is very small and he/she doesn’t even need to learn advanced concepts in the beginning. Much better than banging head with JavaScript