text editors

my little cousin wants to learn the programming. Is there an editor that has slimejs-like functionality where you can edit functions and send them to a repl like in emacs? I don't want to teach him emacs though because even though I like it, It doesn't work well on windows and It will probably be obsolete by lightable or something in a few years.

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If you think ubuntu, after all of Shuttleworth/Cannonical's shit, is a serious option for anyone who cares about anything anymore..... You're beyond hope.

Arch is poser shit btw. "Oh man, I installed my arch box, I'm so fucking l33t, look at me".... yeah, please. Arch's users are some of the worst linux users I've ever been near and they're usually retarded too.

Debian testing, however, is not influinced by any corporation or shit (ubuntu), is flexible enough that you can use any DE and so on (unlike ubuntu), has a very good package manager, has "up to date enough" packages, and doesn't require you to focus on the OS.