[theandrewbailey]

> Python? It's commonly used for writing backends.

So are dozens (hundreds? thousands?) of other capable languages and platforms. They could have easily mentioned Ruby, Java, or NodeJS.

[ngokevin]

Python is commonly regarded as a beginner-friendly language. At least it has its own Codecademy section.

[theandrewbailey]

I agree. I show it to people and they are amazed that it is essentially pseudocode.

disclaimer: python was my first programming language.