[Techtalk] programming for beginners

[Carla Schroder]

I know this subject keeps coming up, but as I recall the answers always fall 
into the something-with-a-text-editor category. Isn't there something visual 
in the FOSS world for raw noobs? Back in the olden days there was Turbo Basic 
for Windows, and that was a great little IDE for beginners. It had the 
important fundamental features without drowning the user in excess, and then 
you could move up to the grownup Borland IDEs easily.  Isn't there something 
comparable in the FOSS world? Someone suggested Gambas, but I can't tell from 
reviewing their site if it's something a noob could get into.

Carla
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