I know what you mean. I still think Processing and p5.js might be the best way to start, but what's missing is a bridge to move to the next level: showing other ways of doing things, comparing languages, IDEs, how to avoid the spaghetti, what are the strengths and weaknesses of different tools, etc.
This is my small contribution to help with this situation: https://vimeo.com/channels/p5idea Still much to do :-)