I just think of a 10-11 year old putting their personal--or their family's--computer straight onto the public web with some random hacked-together code, and it makes me feel very nervous. What are the chances they are going to understand all the security implications? Pretty low, I think.
On the other hand, no one ever learned much by always taking the perfectly safe path. And who am I to judge whether people are "ready" for the Web? It's the old freedom vs. security argument.
Amazon does provide a free tier of EC2, which is great for tinkering around. But it takes a certain amount of knowledge to get one working as a web server. A tutorial, or a project that makes it easier, might be a good place to start.
On the other hand, no one ever learned much by always taking the perfectly safe path. And who am I to judge whether people are "ready" for the Web? It's the old freedom vs. security argument.
Amazon does provide a free tier of EC2, which is great for tinkering around. But it takes a certain amount of knowledge to get one working as a web server. A tutorial, or a project that makes it easier, might be a good place to start.