I agree with you on the other languages, but I have to disagree on Scratch(I have not tried Alice). I found it was more difficult to teach basic programming con

I agree with you on the other languages, but I have to disagree on Scratch(I have not tried Alice). I found it was more difficult to teach basic programming concepts in Scratch than it was to teach those concepts in Processing, which also provides a very visual programming experience, as well as the instant satisfaction of seeing a solution. I also found that once those that I was teaching were proficient in Processing it was easier to transition to other languages like python, ruby, and java. I also think that Processing gets learners interested in programming much more than other languages because they see how easy it is to make their ideas come to life. Granted it's the same idea as Scratch, but the transition from Processing to "more difficult" languages is much easier than from say Scratch to Python. Thanks for the App Inventor recommendation, I'll have a look.