How to start learning coding?

in 2004 I wanted to create tools/hacks that I saw on msn zone

Through googling I ended up with vb6 and started making calculators and other very simple programs, taking one idea then copying from planetsourcecode or googling until it was finished. Then I introduced tcp and sockets, created irc bots that allowed random and more complex ideas. Simple !commands to full on casino bot with blackjack, poker etc.

I created 100's of random programs and 1000's of functions in the space of months but the one thing that's stayed the same till this day is the end goal - one step after another until you've reached your goal.

Google is like having a super genius personal assistant, go ask it anything and I promise the information is there.

The thing is, do you like the idea of programming? Does problem solving with algorithm inspire you? If not, then follow what @jazzc mentioned. If yes, then learn it properly. Starting with php might help you to learn quickly, but I will suggest you to start with something that is more strict.. something like C++ and/or Java.

Start with a problem that you would like to solve, or a process that you want to improve and go from there.

Having a goal in mind will help you learn much quicker and make you more hungry as well.

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Learn python you can make bots with and it's actually easier than other languages.

Hey, i find here a lot of information that can help us to move forward. I suggest you to learn php and python both. Simply you can find a lot of tutorial of them in internet. Then if you want you can do a paid course. Now there is many kind of bot exist now. I just dont know their name. One of them i know internal bot which help you to do frequenty working job to command in them. You can simply create them from codeblocks as well visual basic.

In my experience start with a easy language and progress from there. Don't start with c++. Python is great for learning.

start with c programming to understand the basic programming when you are confident then learn c++ oop after that you can choose your own platform