I still think Python is a superior teaching language. Less weird behaviors and just easier to get the basics of things like manipulating arrays and strings, rea

I still think Python is a superior teaching language. Less weird behaviors and just easier to get the basics of things like manipulating arrays and strings, reading/writing from a file, creating a "for" loop, etc. etc. That being said there is a solid point to the article. If students want to delve into graphical displays great. Suggest they investigate JavaScript (after they get the basics of traversing an array down). Or teach both languages at once switching to JS for graphical portions. They are similar enough this shouldn't be too difficult. Plus it would help prevent language tunnel vision or language clinging and/or new language phobia.