Well I think Lua would be a better starting language than Python, but only on its merits as a language. My core point about Javascript is that it also comes ve

Well I think Lua would be a better starting language than Python, but only on its merits as a language. My core point about Javascript is that it also comes very well integrated into a familiar environment (the browser) which makes it very easy to write beat programs not tied to a CLI. In my experience, that is much more difficult to do with a normal GUI toolkit, especially for a beginner but also very exciting. Making a neat GUI program, especially when starting out feels great and really motivates you to learn more. Or, at the very least, that was my experience when starting out.