I know people have differing opinions on Java but I used the book 'Objects First with Java: A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ' when I began programming, it starts with the basics and is very easy to follow. BlueJ is also an excellent IDE for teaching/learning programming, although not useful for any real software projects and you are likely to want to move on to a proper IDE such as Eclipse or Neatbeans.
Java is the only language I have learnt from a book, all other languages I have learnt from following documentation, googling problems, and posting on StackOverflow.
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I know people have differing opinions on Java but I used the book 'Objects First with Java: A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ' when I began programming, it starts with the basics and is very easy to follow. BlueJ is also an excellent IDE for teaching/learning programming, although not useful for any real software projects and you are likely to want to move on to a proper IDE such as Eclipse or Neatbeans. Java is the only language I have learnt from a book, all other languages I have learnt from following documentation, googling problems, and posting on StackOverflow.
Upon finishing secondary school in 2006, I don't recall having being taught anything other than how to use Microsoft Office.