This is a series of pretty dumb questions. If you want to learn VB, buy a dummies book, and find out for yourself if it's too hard for you. Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

Personally i suggest Java, because there are plenty of tutorials and it is completely free and easy to learn. I have recently began programming Java and i eally enjoy it!!! :)