well, i program using YaBASIC.... well actually - not program anything, but make games or demos. you dont make applications, rather, you make self running games. its written in BASIC, so it is easy to use. you cant import anything, you need to make the graphics using commands like: fill rect x,y1x+20,y+20 where x is a number defining the X-Axis position, and y is a number defining the Y-Axis position. or: open window 640,512 text 320,256,"YaBASIC","cc" where the open window function tells YaBASIC to open a window x wide and y down (640,512 is the maximum screen size) the text function introduces the text command. 320 is the x value and 256 is the y. the "cc" tells YaBASIC that it is centered. that code produces text in the center of the screen displaying YaBASIC. you can view more stuff about YaBASIC at the forum: http://p205.ezboard.com/byabasicprogramming you can also download the YaBASIC executable which allows you to program. YaBASIC is pretty good, and you can learn heaps of stuff using it, and by reading the toutourials at the forum.