[vanderZwan]

An even simpler solution would be Python mode for Processing, which has most (if not all) of the benefits of Python and Processing in one:

http://py.processing.org/

[woah]

Simplest solution of all would be to just use js. I don't think that any syntactical or semantic niceties in Python matter much to an absolute beginner, and the extra layers of indirection you guys propose will just lead to more moving parts and frustration.