>Hey Dave, how's it going?
>No, not vfp, or any other similar language, they're too difficult for a child to start with. I would begin with HTML. It's sort of like the contemporary version of BASIC we learned years ago...

My thoughts exactly... HTML, then some scripting, then VB to get use to a real development environment. Then once the kid thought they could conquer the world with VB < smirk > then I'd point them to a real tool like C++ to shock them back to reality & THEN show them VFP =D)