On: Zuck, Bill Gates, Jack Dorsey In Short Film To Inspire Kids To Learn How To Code

[Bootvis]

But most have access to Excel. VBA has it warts but the step from Excel is small and creating something valuable is actually possible for beginners.

[dinkumthinkum → Bootvis]

VBA ... gosh ... Why don't you just use a Web browser and Javascript.

[Bootvis → dinkumthinkum]

I hate VBA as much as the next person here, quite certainly even more. However, comparing VBA and Javascript:

- To be really productive Javascript requires knowledge of HTML/CSS

- Both have their quircks

- For the things people do in their day jobs Excel/VBA is a better match

- You can do some mathematical stuff easier, it has matrix multiplication and a generally usable solver