[cmang]

> I wonder what today's generation growing up on?

Immediately HTML+Javascript comes to mind, as a language interpreter that every kid's computer comes with.

I would guess that is the top "first language" for kids today, with things like C#, Python, Ruby, PHP and Java somewhere in 2nd place (as popular server side and classoom languages).

[munificent]

JavaScript is the BASIC of today.

Which means, by extension, many of today's JavaScript frameworks are the VisualBASIC of this generation: frameworks that let you use a "child's" language for grown-up work. The reactions to using JavaScript for real applications exactly parallels what people thought about VB when it came out.

[JetSpiegel]

This mirrors my experience.

Javascript is so basic (pun intended), it's not even considered a real language. Someone who tweaks Wordpress templates wouldn't consider himself a programmer.