Self-taught here. I started with a intro to CS text in java then oracle's java reference book. If you really want to learn programming these books will help t

Self-taught here. I started with a intro to CS text in java then oracle's java reference book. If you really want to learn programming these books will help though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Computer_Programming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Computer_Programming and http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html