Get a book on PHP, Python or whatever language your mobile platform of choice uses. Learn the language and try actually doing the examples in the book and getti

Get a book on PHP, Python or whatever language your mobile platform of choice uses. Learn the language and try actually doing the examples in the book and getting them to work. Once you've done that start making things. It doesn't need to be novel, just make a simple twitter clone or something like that. You'll learn how to setup a server, a database, make a website etc. I've found the best way to learn something is usually by doing something your interested in (i.e. a project of your choice rather than an internship) and it also gives you flexibility in terms of how much time you can choose to spend or not spend on it. Try to Google answers, but if you're really stuck you can ask questions on a site like StackOverflow.com