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Re:How to begin to teach yourself how to code, starting from... by bricestacey on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @11:05PM (#1163341)
Programming Ruby 1.9, with the pickaxe on the cover. I am learning Ruby now and it seems good after 66 pages.
Re:How to begin to teach yourself how to code, starting from... by jrheard on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @11:10PM (#1163343)
Good suggestion. A commenter on my post also recommended Chris Pine's "Learn to Program," which lives online at http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ - I haven't looked at it in-depth, but it seems like it has potential.