"... Some background I'm a business student, but I want to be able to build out cool webapps. ..." Can I suggest coming at this from another angle. Instead of

"... Some background I'm a business student, but I want to be able to build out cool webapps. ..." Can I suggest coming at this from another angle. Instead of looking at this as learning a language. Pick a problem you currently have and "try" solve it while learning a language at the same time. Then look back and review the code after you finish and start a new problem. read: http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=learning+programming http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=learning+pr...