What's the best way to learn programming? (from home)

If you're going for artistic direction there's nodebox http://beta.nodebox.net/
Nodebox uses python which is probably the most readable programming language you'll run into. I learnt most of my scripting stuff with python.

There's also http://processing.org/ (very lax, easy to learn and fun.)

In the end I don't really bother programming as much anymore and there are circumstances where I need scripts in programs like Maya, and QuartzComposer and I typically do some things myself . But those are nice starting points.

uber, as you said, it's a pretty broad question. I think each language has it's own uses, and it really depends on what you want to do.

Most people will tell you to learn C,C++ first, because it's kind of the base to everything else. They would be mostly right, if you wanna get into software programing.
But if you're more into creating interactive websites or mobile games, Javascript would be a better choice, as it's pretty different from C,C++, and if you learn C,C++ first, you may actually find it harder to learn Javascript than if you started with it in the first place.

There are nifty ways to create games for mobile devices, done entirely with HTML5's canvas or webGL. There's also a way to pack the whole thing into a standalone package that doesn't need a browser to run.

OK, I've rambled too much... Again, you have to ask yourself if you want to program your own software, or if you want to do interactive websites and mobile content, or if you wanna know how to script stuff for existing programs.

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Skybase Nodebox uses python which is probably the most readable programming language you'll run into. I learnt most of my scripting stuff with python.

I want to ask, wasn´t it very dangerous and risky to learn phyton ?



I mean for the venom of the python

I the end nodebox is as nerdy as using Processing. In some ways processing may be slightly easier because there are many pre-written libraries and classes. Nodebox v1 has a ton but Nodebox v2 doesn't have pre-written stuff. But python is extremely easy to learn and can get you pretty far.

My frist program in BASIC though hehe

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We’re currently setting up a new forum that will cover NodeBox 1, NodeBox 2 and NodeBox/OpenGL.

Ok messing around with the Alpha they seem to have added a bunch of bugs (most serious being I can't seem to combine two inputs) and made things more complicated. I recommend you guys try out the Beta version first.

This image was pretty easy to make (in the Beta). Only problem is things got super slow when I tried to add any more iterations.

If you decide to go on with JavaScript I can recommend http://eloquentjavascript.net/. I skimmed through this textbook without taking it seriously, however I can say I've learned something from it.

Do you mean understood == true, or do you mean understood === true?

Ahhh, yes... Assembler. you write about 5000 lines of code for a program that does pretty much nothing. But it does it super fast!
Somehow I don't miss it

Thanks for the nodebox link.