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Re: IBM VisualAge for BASIC?

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Hi Peter!

On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:22:57 UTC, Peter Brown <losepeteSPAM-ME-NOT@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

> Hi Dariusz
> 
> Dariusz Piatkowski wrote:
> > Folks!
> >
> > My young son is showing some interest in computer programming...what I want to
> > walk him through is the real basics...thus the focus on BASIC!
> >
> > There used to be VisualAge for BASIC product on our platform some time
> > back...and judging by various posts it wasn't really much of a success.
> > However...I am looking for something that basically has a decent GUI and very
> > straight forward 'hello world' type program development capabilities.
> >
> > I have VA for C/C++ installed here, Watcom, etc, etc...but do not want him
> > starting with something like C or Java...we want very simple...
> >
> > Any ideas, recommendations?
> >
> > Remember, 9yo is your audience...
> 
> 
> I think that WDSibyl - http://wdsibyl.org/ - would also be worth a look; 
> visual application design using drag'n'drop and Pascal is a relatively 
> easy language to get to grips with.
> 
> However, the documentation is mainly in German...
> 
> It is very similar to Borlands Delphi (v2/v3) for Windows so you could 
> try and get copies of some Delphi books eg "Delphi for Dummies" as a 
> starter along with "Mastering Delphi 2 for Windows 95/NT". If lucky you 
> may find copies in a public library or for sale at a reasonable price on 
> ebay.


OK, trying it right now...I found WDBasic there as well...haven't had a chance 
to look at it yet though...

Thanks!

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IBM VisualAge for BASIC? "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> - 2012-02-29 03:06 +0000
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