This is a PDF of an informative article that appears in Issue 974 of micro mart, a national computer magazine published in the UK. If you would like to subscribe to this magazine, click here.

NOTE: this is a large download ... over 12MB.

Here's the "key takeaway" at the end:

 If you're looking for a way to teach your children programming, or even to learn yourself, then Phrogram is hard to beat. Not onliy is it easy to learn the basics so they can see results quickly, but it builds on the basics so the learner will not outgrow it quickly. Although it uses class libraries and OOP techniques, it does so in a gentle way but requiring the OOP mindset from the outset ensures a good grounding to move on to other languages.