I think you should learn processing and arduino, possibly before starting into web. There are already a lot of web developers, and not enough visual/electronic

I think you should learn processing and arduino, possibly before starting into web. There are already a lot of web developers, and not enough visual/electronic opensource devs. To get started download and run http://processing.org/ http://processing.org/ Paste in this code and click run. Start messing around and start learning if, while, functions etc. -------------------------------------------- void setup() { size(640,480); background(15, 25, 25); } void draw() { stroke(255,255,125, 55); //RED, GREEN, BLUE, ALPHA 0-255 line(320,240,mouseX, mouseY); } -------------------------------------------- Then with arduino, very similar environment. About $20 for a board. You can start blinking LEDs etc. Get an UNO board to start off with. File > Examples > .. http://arduino.cc/en/ http://arduino.cc/en/ With an LED in pin 11 and Ground. Upload this code and rejoice. -------------------------------------------- void setup() { pinMode(11, OUTPUT); //sets 11 to output power instead of read in } void loop() { // put your main code here, to run repeatedly: digitalWrite(11, HIGH); //switches on 5Volt delay(200); //waits for 0.2sec digitalWrite(11, LOW); //switches off gnd delay(100); //waits for 0.1sec } -------------------------------------------- After this I would recommend starting on nodejs/html/css since you can use processingjs to draw in your browser, nodejs can connect to arduino and allow for internet of things.