[garrypettet]

I really recommend Xojo[1] (formally RealBasic). It’s like a modern VB6 but runs on macOS, Windows and many flavours of Linux.

It has very polished drag and drop UI editor.

I’ve been developing with it for over 20 years and my 10 year old daughter is now learning programming with it.

You can create and debug apps for free and only need a license to deploy an app as a binary so it’s ideal to learn with.

Heck, it can even build for the raspberry pi.

[1]: https://xojo.com

[mysterydip]

I was turned off when it said I needed to create an account to download it. $400 for the basic cross-platform license ($800 for the one I'd actually want to use) with annual renewal is a non-starter IMHO.

[s7g2vp2]

You don’t have to renew annually if you are happy with the version(s) your license covers.