Also, the Web is much easier to relate to. Many people have ideas for websites, they are facing them everyday, and it should feel pretty cool because you make

Also, the Web is much easier to relate to. Many people have ideas for websites, they are facing them everyday, and it should feel pretty cool because you make something that you can share and the Web is not the huge mystery anymore. You know how it works now! HTML5 games are also a great alternative (technically, it's still Web but it's really different from a typical web site). There are easy to use great frameworks like Phaser where you can develop the first platformer game in an evening/day/weekend (depending on experience) and no knowledge about graphics etc doesn't get in the way. As a nice bonus, it's ridiculously easy to deploy and share with friends. Just drag and drop the the files on FTP and it Just Works. Can't say the same about python or ruby. In contrast, when you develop a unixy command line application to calculate the area or volume of something... Nowhere near.