There is a book called perl in 24 hours you may be interested. While some may agree that perl is old or useless.. some find perl to be very powerful and quite useful. However if youre just jumping in.. php is a really good language to learn.. On Jun 8, 2013 12:32 PM, "Michael Butler" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have been interested in learning to program for some time now. Though I > feel I am a little late starting since I'm in my mid thirties. We should > always keep learning right? > > I have watched several screen casts, looked for books in the local book > shops and online. And I just recently found out about the free codecademy. > They offer many things web development, python, Ruby, and JavaScript. > > Honestly I don't have a specific goal, and I do already work in a totally > unrelated field. But my interest has been in this area for years. And I > want to try this. I am also aware that I won't be a programmer after I > finish a lesson plan on codcademy. But it is s structured lesson plan to > get me going with out enrolling in school. > > Where would you advise someone like me, no experience at all to start? Web > development and move into Python or Ruby? Or straight into a programming > language? > > What do you guys / gals think? > > Michael > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
