Learning the first programming language

I think that would depend entirely on what you intended to do with the programming knowledge you seek to obtain.

If you want to wear thick rim glasses, have a dumb haircut and drink coffee all day, you actually want to learn web scripting. The type of person that would post your image on social media unironically is probably a webdev and not a programmer.

If you wanted to learn programming to be a programmer, you should probably learn the procedural fundamentals in Python or Ruby, then the OOP fundamentals in C# or Java, then some system programming in C, all the while contributing or creating stupid little projects to build a portfolio and get experience.

/g/ has some infographics with coding challenges. After you finish a basic programming course for Python or something, they are an excellent start.

>>56412053
>jobs
search for TIOBE index.

>fucking around, learning for the sake of learning
pick your poison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programming_languages

Id say look at Python first, but understand but there's a lot of things in there that makes it easy for beginners. After python, look at Java or C++ for object-oriented programming, and to add on to your knowledge for python. Of course also learn HTML, CSS, and some working JavaScript. If you like it, go into the .js libs like Node, Angular, etc. This would give you a pretty good foundation to be flexible for the job market.

If you want to dive deeper, try a functional language like Haskell or lisp , or dive deep with assembly. Also, know how to work a database with MySQL. Good luck mate, have fun!

i just skimmed through your post and thought you were asking for the best first language.

>>56412254
if you have the money, has shitty attention span and dont mind math-like class, take a course irl.
if you dont want to spend anything and have good attention span, read a book. i dont know of anything good for js though.

>>56412053
Codeacademy is shit. Learn C first, it's the best way to learn properly. 'Easy' languages just make things unnecessarily complicated and hard to understand. C is simple - simple is powerful and easy to learn. Once you understand what the hell's going on, then move onto a more modern language if you have a reason to.

>>56412053
Project Euler

>>56412053
Kek. I always find it cute when people talk about how they can't function without caffeine when they've never tried any amphetamines.