You need to take a bottom up approach. Fill your time studying the very basics (i.e., programming languages, components, specifications, history, etc.). Online

You need to take a bottom up approach. Fill your time studying the very basics (i.e., programming languages, components, specifications, history, etc.). Online video lectures [beginning with] Programming Languages was where I ended up learning the greatest amount in the first weeks. I started with MIT OpenCourseWare. I was very fortunate to find this lecture series: http://www.youtube.com/edu?edu_search_query=intro+computer+programming&action_search=1 http://www.youtube.com/edu?edu_search_query=intro+computer+p... because it is class taught at MIT for students entering the CS or engineering programs that have little or no background in Programming Languages. Hint: Pay attention in the first and second videos close enough and you'll learn how to locate online resources that are provided to the enrolled students.