Programming isn't just for adults any longer.

Programming Experience	Learning Tool	Articles
No programming experience! Young people are learning programming languages from the earliest ages and up. These tools and web sites teach young people how to program using the Java programming language, as well as languages developed for ease of use.	Download Greenfoot	Quick Intro Tutorial Wombat Object Basics (article) Wombat Classes Basics (article)
A little experience	Download BlueJ	The BlueJ Tutorial Lesson: Object-Oriented Programming Concepts About the Java Technology
Some experience	NetBeans + BlueJ	Getting Started with the NetBeans IDE 5.0 BlueJ Edition Lesson: Language Basics Lesson: Classes and Objects
Eager to learn more!	Download the NetBeans IDE	The Java Tutorial Introduction to Programming I Java Technologies in Desktop Applications Java Technologies for Web Applications Documentation, Training & Support Creating a Simple JavaFX Application Using NetBeans IDE