Programming Help : General Discussion

sorry if my typing sucks, its like 3am

Ok, I am a noob. Lets get past it. I am a person who desperatly wants to learn how to program and script. i admit i know very little about it but i do have time on my hands to learn as much as i will be taught, which the ccase most likely will be that no on will reply to this post hence the fact that nobody cares. anywho, if anyone can lend me a hand in programming or scripting or anything, i would be forever grateful. please msg me or reply to this post,

Hey there man. Well...I first got my hand in programming in Highschool. In class. Then progressed into college with a CS degree. The best wasy to learn is to pick up a book and start looking into it. I know how you probably feel about this. "Awe...but who knows what book I'll find. Will it be good enough. I don't want to learn something that's outdated, that would just suck to waste all my time learning something that's freakin old."
But here's the truth.
You will learn the theory and the structure needed for programming out of almost any book. Learning the LANGUAGE is not the same as learning PROGRAMMING. My favorite LANGUAGE is c++. I would seriously recommend going over to Borders, or Walden Books, or Books a Million(all familiar places in the USA) and picking up a book on c++. C++ and Java are big right now. Learn a LANGUAGE first from a book(with that intent) and you will pick up PROGRAMMING theory along the way. You will develop ideas about the way you should do things etc. Another good book for PROGRAMMING is "Design Patterns" from Erich Gamma et al. ISBN 0-201-6336102. After that "Efficient C++" is a good one. From there on out is up to you. Unless you have a friend nearby who is willing to give you lessons chances are people wont want to invest time into someone they don't know personally. I was lucky in getting in through HS and college. If your young I recommend the same. As with a lot of things....it really comes down to focus and determination rather than where you learn it from (book or school or person).
Hope that helps a little..I know it's probably not the answer you wanted.

I'm beginning taking JAVA this semester in college, I should have my iPod with a voice recorder so if you want I can share the lectures with you. It'll be like being in a college class, minus seeing the board. Might not be the best way to learn but combined with a tutorial site you can develop some basic skills.

I think I am going to go out and pick up a book or 2, I do have a friend that went to this...summer collage thing called DigiPen, I wanted to go but it was too expensive, anyway, they taught C++ programming there and I think I mmight get him to help me out a bit, but thanks alot for all the help, i will try to go and get a book.