For however "forgiving" JavaScript syntax is, I still believe that the syntax is a bit intimidating for beginners (curly braces). Python has it's own magical s

For however "forgiving" JavaScript syntax is, I still believe that the syntax is a bit intimidating for beginners (curly braces). Python has it's own magical syntax idioms, mostly in regards to array slicing and list comprehension, but even that seems a bit less intimidating than JS (I say this as someone who learned to code after being intimidated by it for several years)