If you're just trying to hack something together and make it work, I'd agree that python is the best, even for somebody who's never written a line of code in th

If you're just trying to hack something together and make it work, I'd agree that python is the best, even for somebody who's never written a line of code in their life. If you're trying to train somebody to be a software engineer, rather than just automating a particular data entry task as quickly as possible, I think boiler plate is good. It's better to force the details on the person at first than to have them be hidden, automatic, and mysterious forever.