By coding. That may come across like a smart-ass answer, but it's not. I'm in the same boat, and I'm learning the same way. I've got a Mac dev environment, and

By coding. That may come across like a smart-ass answer, but it's not. I'm in the same boat, and I'm learning the same way. I've got a Mac dev environment, and Linux dev environment. I'm using a book by Stephen Kochan, and another by Dave Mark. We're surrounded by a plethora of materials to help us learn. Just do it! Pick one up and read, and write some code. Stumble through. You will make mistakes. See emilepetrone and @housefed for a good example of this. He posts on here all the time. He's only been coding for a year, and has a functional website.