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I'm confused. Have you searched google for javascript koans? I'd link you, but it's literally the first one...

Also, I don't think javascript is a good first language. A first language's syntax should get out of the way, allowing the concepts to take root. It's also very hard to determine what is good javascript. Classes aren't really present there either. I'd suggest ruby, and teach the fundamentals, then introduce to js.

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I saw that but the koans seemed a little too difficult. I did very much like the idea of having it done through a test framework though.

I'm doing a work-study wherein the work is done in JS, which is the issue here with teaching Ruby.

I fail to see how that fact changes anything. Ruby is literally so easy in terms of syntax, that you can teach the concepts in ruby, and "port" them back to js.

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