Question about programming (Total noob)

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Im absolute noob, i never ever programmed anything in my life. I finished chemistry and since it is very weak in my country, i need to start learning programming (seems interesting and takes a lot to learn it tho).

So can someone answer to me, what are types of programming?

Like game development, web development etc etc...could someone list me them? Im mostly interested in websites. I know i sound like total noob, but its time to start learning, chemistry sucks lol.

So, list me what to start learning, simple as that. Im interested in web design, creating websites etc....

Thanks and sorry for those noob questions.

Posted 10-Jul-15 0:38am

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Updated 10-Jul-15 0:42am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Jul-15 10:30am

I'm afraid of advising you anything. What if, after getting some experience, you conclude that "programming sucks"?
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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-10T01:04:00

Start with the basics - as you say, there is a lot to learn - if you don;t get them right from the beginning then you don't understand the later stuff and that causes huge problems.

So pick a language (I'd suggest C# because it's very flexible, and the tools are free from Microsoft) but there are loads of good starters, and get learning.
How you learn is up to you, but in descending order of quality of the results:

A course, run by "real people"
A book.
An online tutorial.
A video tutorial.
Find some code online and try to work it out.

Whatever you do, start at the beginning, and work your way through from start to end, doing every exercise. Don't be tempted to skip bits because it's "dull", "boring", or "too simple" - you need to know almost all of it!

As far as books go, Wrox to go ones, as do Adison Wesley, but avoid anything with multiple exclamation marks, "In xxx days", or "for dummies" in the title.

When you have got the basics, you can start looking at where to go from that - but without them it doesn't matter where you want to go, you won't do a good job and you will rapidly get frustrated.