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You might be interested in the Luna programming language/dev environment. It's designed to have a 1:1 correspondence between the visual, node-based environment and the written forms of the code. I haven't been able to try it yet since it's still in closed alpha, but it looks very intriguing! Given your experience with a similar visual language and later interest in more conventional programming, you could make a good case for getting into the alpha. There's a signup form on their site (one for the alpha and one for their newsletter, depending on your level of interest).

http://www.luna-lang.org/

Last HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14612680