Small Visual Basic
So what IDE, or development setup, what language with what framework would you give into the hands of a child, to let it play around? Even what OS? All computers in our appartement are Linux or MacOS.<p>I learned programming basically on my own using QBasic, and then later my dad gave me a simple example app he did at work using Visual Basic 3 (only 20 lines of code or so), and then I got a Visual Basic 3 book, and that's how I learned.<p>In school, in knew a few other kids learned Delphi instead of VB. I don't know but I assume the learning curve is higher, so many childs maybe would lose interest too soon?<p>Another friend directly learned C and graphics programming as a child. But he is probably a rare exception.<p>For Delphi, we have a modern variant as Lazarus.<p>For VB, I'm not sure. Maybe this sVB, or maybe the mentioned Gambas.<p>I'm just not sure that the Basic language is really relevant anymore. Object Pascal is maybe slightly better but still very exotic nowadays.<p>Maybe frameworks like Löve? Not sure about Lua.<p>Or Python? But what framework? Sth like Pygame? Python maybe is as easy as Basic, but Pygame maybe requires a slightly higher learning curve than Visual Basic? And also, the VB IDE is probably way more beginner friendly than anything for Python?<p>Or Javascript? Is there a nice beginner friendly framework, to write simple games or so? And again, what IDE?