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I find I can program for 10+ hours quite easily, but that's if I'm making solid progress. As soon as I hit a roadblock my ability to continue is serverly diminished, then again there's nothing better to motivate you than to solve a problem that's been bugging you.

Java is great if you want to get to grasps with OOP. It's complicated enough to challenge you but not too difficult to put you off. If you do find too difficult, try Objective-C. Similar concepts to Java but much easier to get the grasp off (+ you can make iOS apps which can be quite lucrative).

I studied web based languages first. PHP, JavaScript and HTML. It's pretty dull though and not particularly interesting. I then moved onto Java which opened my eyes to OOP. Currently I'm only really programming in Objective-C. I love it, it's very easy to use, very powerful and very relevant for...

In order to build one from scratch you're going to need knowledge of PHP, MySQL, HTML and CSS. However there are lots of great eCommerce platforms that you can build upon that can save you a lot of time. Try looking at WordPress and WooCommerce. It's completely free and open source, very...