It really is pretty easy to learn, but I think this still depends and varies from person to person. Also as you might know most programmers will always say their language is the best/ easiest, even if they have not really given any chance to other languages. I began coding in PHP and enjoyed it, then I went on to learn another language, checking out which of them suits me best and after a efw weeks of trying JAVA, Python and Ruby, I have to say that Ruby seemed to be the easiest for me to get into. Many people might say Python is easier or JAVA is faster/more versatile, but in the end the most notable difference is how well you, the coder, can handle the language. Facebook began with PHP, Google with Python and Twitter with Ruby, so you see, there really is no solution for all, just decide what suits you best.