Ask HN: Good beginner programming course that is practical?

I'm looking for a good beginner programmer course for my wife and a friend of mine that want to learn programming.

Any reccomendations?

Paid or free?

I have looked at allot of courses. Probably the best is Automating Boring stuff with Python, but its Python.

I'm looking for a really easy to follow course that is really practical, but isn't python.

Preferably Javascript or something else. I remember when I first tried to learn programming I found that most beginner courses weren't very beginner friendly at all.

Please don't tell me to tell them to teach scratch. I want something applicable to everyday life yet where they can still learn fundamentals.