Just kind of curious how you guys know all of this stuff... And what do you find easiest to do(Perl, VB, etc.)
Up to me, the best language to start off is Visual Basic. There are plenty guides around... Check this site: http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone1/index.htm
Google is the best way to learn a programming language. You can find basic tutorials, and then, when you're good with the language, you can search for more specific code snippets. That's how I learnt everything I know about programming.
Well, I went like this: HTML --> CSS --> Javascript --> Java --> C++ I learned several other languages in the mix, but those are my primary ones (well, not HTML and CSS as much since those are mark-up languages, but they tie in w/ Javascript). HTML+CSS I learned from a book + web resources Javascript I learned from tutorials and such on the web Java and C++ I learned from a book + web resources I would suggest buying a book as a basis and using the web as a supplement to go more in-depth in certain topics not covered in the book.
Well I can do HTML & CSS well, although I prefer just editing a premade stylesheet than making a whole new one...but have no clue on JS. When I get a faster computer I'll have to try some JS.
Most of School or Universities always teach C++ First. It's used everywhere and very fast, it's simle and it's easy after to learn ofher languages such as C#,Java. Once you master C++ you can handle any programming languages. Don't start with visual studio else you will not understand the basics. I don't say vb is not good just that the syntax, the way you call methods, make a variable aren't the "usual" way.
I just looked up tutorials/code snippets on forms just like this one. Started by editing code then eventually started making some myself after understanding the basics. But then again, I don't even remember vb6 and vb.net is giving me trouble at the moment, so meh
well i took computer science in school. the first year was vb basics (nothing with wrappers or anything. so not much help here). second year was supposed to be basic java but the teacher was an idiot and we covered about two weeks material over two semesters so that didn't help much either. but now going into third year we got a new teacher. so we will see how that goes. but i looked at a lot of internet resources as well.
I took a class in high school to learn the basics and so did my friend but over the summer he has been reading books like those yellow and black "For Dummies" books and he has learned more advance stuff. Buying a book is a good resource