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Re:Ask HN: Non-Techie trying to learn code. Please help with... by nitefly on Friday October 01, 2010 @09:30PM (#1749404)
Learning programming fundamentals (flow control, common data structures, object-oriented programming, etc.) may be more useful than learning several different languages. I know Python isn't on your list of available courses, but I do like the Python tutorial (http://docs.python.org/tutorial/) as an introduction to programming fundamentals.

Having a project like a web app is a goal is a great idea; there's really no substitute for experience.

Good luck!

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