Something like a C64 would be nice. That's how I learned but I'm quite much a visual and spatial person. YMMV. The C64 had a BASIC that is easy to learn, immed

Something like a C64 would be nice. That's how I learned but I'm quite much a visual and spatial person. YMMV. The C64 had a BASIC that is easy to learn, immediate evaluation for trying things out and failing fast, and direct control of various graphics (text mode, bitmap mode, sprites). And you could do all kinds of Someone suggested HTML+JS but I think that a simple raster display is much easier to grasp than CSS layout or vector graphics. Pling: a pixel goes bright. Plong: a pixel goes dark. First you want to have something on the screen and then you want it moving. Coordinates conveniently introduce you to numbers and basic algebra. If you want to do crazy things, you can POKE the hardware directly. I can't think of anything this simple in 2010.