I found Ruby a bit easier to read and much easier to learn than Python as a beginner. In fact, I'd say it's the most beginner-friendly language I've seen, espec

I found Ruby a bit easier to read and much easier to learn than Python as a beginner. In fact, I'd say it's the most beginner-friendly language I've seen, especially with great resources like Chris Pine's Learn to Program. If I had to rank learning difficulty I've found various languages, I'd say Ruby was the easiest one I've ever encountered. It's very consistent, everything is an object, it's flexible and you don't need to learn anywhere near all of it to become productive with it. Python is fairly beginner-friendly too, but it's less consistent, significant whitespace leads to a certain class of mistakes that are maddening for a beginner and at least when I used it pip was nowhere near as nice to work with as gems and bundler. Both are much easier than JavaScript or anything where you manage your own memory, though!