Recently I wanted to make a few simple apps that would make api requests and control a few things around my house set up with raspberry pis.
A friend recommended me the drag and drop app builder Thunkable[1] and I was blown away by just how easy it was to make something. In a couple of hours I had all the apps I needed. No complicated build process, just download the apk from the site. Some people might turn their noses up at it because it uses scratch for writing the code but I feel this is what people's first experience of coding should be like. Write a simple recipe, get a simple program that they can use straightaway. These that must be an app or a web app to have any relevance to people.