I am a self-taught programmer/hacker and the best thing I ever learned was Racket. http://racket-lang.org/ http://racket-lang.org/ Here is what got me off the

I am a self-taught programmer/hacker and the best thing I ever learned was Racket. http://racket-lang.org/ http://racket-lang.org/ Here is what got me off the ground. The first unit is learning ML and the second unit was Racket. https://www.youtube.com/user/afigfigueira/playlists?shelf_id=6&sort=dd&view=50 https://www.youtube.com/user/afigfigueira/playlists?shelf_id... This is from a Coursera Course that is not being offered right now. It covers a lot of different languages but the Racket and ML parts are a great starting point. I liked this book - http://www.amazon.com/Realm-Racket-Learn-Program-Game-ebook/dp/B00DHRV584/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me= http://www.amazon.com/Realm-Racket-Learn-Program-Game-ebook/... If that is too simple there always is http://www.amazon.com/How-Design-Programs-Introduction-Programming/dp/0262062186/ref=la_B000AQ3UQU_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1444664197&sr=1-4 http://www.amazon.com/How-Design-Programs-Introduction-Progr... I prefer seeing people code and talk about it so the videos are great.