>>Hi Denis, thanks for that. He did know about Khan Academy but was not aware it had Python tutorials. He is going to check it out.
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>>Can anyone remember what John Fabiani was using, the Python variation and I think he was using a framework.
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>The fwk is Dabo. There is a Python for kids book - unsure what exactly your son is loking for...

Yes, that was the name, thanks. My son is just experimenting, teaching himself a bit. I think developing software is interesting to him, not as a career but simply as a useful skill to have. I'm suggesting to go after a language which has very wide universal acceptance and can lead him onto C/C++ and the various variations.