My answer is Python

It’s awesome. That’s all you need to know. You can stop reading here and start coding now.

Of course, you want to know more. But it’s that simple.

Besides being awesome, Python should be your first programming language because you will quickly learn how to think like a programmer.

Python is very readable.

You won’t waste a lot of time memorizing the arcane syntax that other programming languages will present you. Instead, you will be able to focus on learning programming concepts and paradigms.

Once you have those tools under your belt you can move on to other more powerful, specific languages and readily understand a given piece of code.

Also Python is super-powerful! There’s a reason NASA uses it. As a beginner, you’ll be able to accomplish anything you need with Python.

Python is easy to learn. The learning curve is very gradual. Other languages can be quite steep.