Thanks for these responses Dave. I've been meaning to set aside a few hours
one weekend to go through the links and info you provided. Will get back to
you when I get around to it!
As a hobby coder, you have the luxury of looking for environments
where almost all the stuff you don't like doing is provided, and
almost all of what you'd like to do is feasible.
In these days, a little over 128 years since Sir William Thomson (as
he was then) wrote:
The object of this
Udupa, people have suggested Python as a flexible language that
will help
Try it. Try the various other recommendations as well, as long as
they aren't say C or perl you should be able to coast along in them
for long enough to decide whether you like the language or not.
I'll second both