The aim of MicroPython port for ESP8266 is exactly to make it very easy to use, even for beginners/people coming from "desktop". (Other people will answer that

The aim of MicroPython port for ESP8266 is exactly to make it very easy to use, even for beginners/people coming from "desktop". (Other people will answer that ESP8266 already has easy enough tools to use, and I won't argue with that either.)