Just Basic is probably the easiest "in" to programming that I have come accross. The videos below are about 3 hours worth of screencasts to get you going with the software. There are lots and lots of different little exercises and chalenges to do, it's not just one great big build. Before you wade into the actual screencasts you will need to ensure you download the zip file that has 4 .bas files in it, these will be needed for the little challenges that I set throughout the videos.