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What's a good programming/web language for a young child? What's a good programming/web language for a young child to learn? My son is 6, and is showing interest in computers, so I figured I'd ask on here. A colleague of mine suggested BASIC. I'd ideally want something that could be done through a basic IDE or text editor that could be on both Linux and Windows. I've already shown my son very, very basic Perl (just a Hello, World). I don't know much about Perl myself, so I'd want something he could grasp fairly easily (since he's 6), and do basic stuff with. Any thoughts or ideas? Started By Monte on Jun 13, 2011 at 8:27:28 AM

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bod1467 on Jun 13, 2011 at 8:48:35 AM (# 0) This message has been edited. To be honest, I'd say PHP. If he can get to grips with that then he'll be well on his way, as it is a well-used language in the web scripting world. :) And it is cross-platform (Windows and Linux), so easy to set up on any machine. e.g. on a Windows machine just get WAMP and it'll install Apache (web server), Mysql (database) and PHP (scripting language). There are loads of PHP tutorial sites out there. :) <?php echo 'Hello, World!'; ?> Monte on Jun 13, 2011 at 9:54:40 AM (# 1) Bod: That's actually a good idea. I'm rather novice at PHP myself, so I guess it could be a learning experience for both of us. I already have a WAMP setup, and I have a Linux box, so I'm good there, too...

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