On 28/01/2015 22:44, Bob Eager wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:48:49 +0000, Ferretygubbins wrote:

I know this is OT but I rather suspect that some of you will be able to
help.

Boy1 (13) is interested in learning how to write code and so I would
like to set him up with a toolkit for his PC (Windows) unfortunately my
programming days are somewhat in the past and restricted to MUMPS which
was archaic even back then. Has anyone any suggestions for a suitable
platform? As ever the cheaper the better.

For an easy start, aimed at people of his age, try Greenfoot:

http://www.greenfoot.org

Simple games in Java (not a lot of experience needed).

Then move on to BlueJ:

http://www.bluej.org

(the developers are on my corridor at work). Used for teaching all over
the world.

Or for even easier, look at "scratch"

--
Cheers,

John.

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