"John Rumm" wrote in message
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On 28/01/2015 22:44, Bob Eager wrote:

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"

Apparently he has been working on Scratch at school and has found it easy.
He's decided to give Greenfoot a go which is a result as it should keep him
quiet during a snow day.

Thanks to everyone for the advice - if this shows any sign of being more
than a passing fad he may be getting a Raspberry Pi for his birthday.

Cheers