I'll probably get modded down or labelled a Microsoft shill, but since you have done VBA, I'd suggest having a look at MS Access. Here is my recommendation to s

I'll probably get modded down or labelled a Microsoft shill, but since you have done VBA, I'd suggest having a look at MS Access. Here is my recommendation to someone else who was looking at what to learn: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9910744 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9910744 C# using Visual Studio is a great next step as the IDE is first class. Microsoft give it away now free.