Learn C#, it's easier to get started into without much previous knowledge, yet it's more professional than things like visual basic or qbasic (It's actually semi-widely used in the actual programming industry now). It's got standardized functions for most everything yet allows you to do anything you want with native interop.
It's a popular language with many great tutorials, all you need is

And the cool thing about it is that it's syntax is similar to C++ if you ever want to learn that.