I guess you know of BlueJ Java is a bit like this, lots of schools use it to teach programming. Some kind of logging would help people follow what is going on.

I guess you know of BlueJ Java is a bit like this, lots of schools use it to teach programming. Some kind of logging would help people follow what is going on. When I teach, logs often help clear up a miss conception. I guess you are aiming at minimal setup and maximum learning. Which is a nice idea. But the next step, after they learn how to use loops etc, is still required. They will need to setup Java etc, you are changing the order of the steps. Does this make things simpler, or just different?