Basics

Assuming the big guys do know something I do not, and decided to follow them first.

...Google, hosting on Google App Engine; and Python since Java seems much too complicated at this stage.

I have fumbled around with PHP before and created some really useful script. After doing some Python now, I have to say it is quite enjoyable - cleaner, more forgiving..., and once a script works it is really short. :)

Python is nice.