Since the question is looking for recommendations on how to learn now, I'd say try out an environment where you can see results that excite you the most. If you

Since the question is looking for recommendations on how to learn now, I'd say try out an environment where you can see results that excite you the most. If you want to see objects on a web page moving around, learn JavaScript. If you'd like to see fancier graphics, look at Unity and one of its languages. And if you like text output, you got a huge world of languages you can explore - just find a topic and problem you want to work on. Being motivated to solve something was what got me the most excited when beginning to program. As for how did I personally learn to code? HyperTalk in HyperCard. It was the best way to quickly see how different logic constructs worked, since I could manipulate graphics onscreen rather than just print out text. Shortly thereafter, Learn C Programming in 21 Days. But once I learned what I could, I took some of the concepts from C and tried to find some similar way to accomplish that in HyperTalk... which worked for quite a few shareware projects.