If you want to learn how to make and run your own computer programs, then you are going to want to learn the basics first. Without the basics it will be hard to understand how a computer uses code to run a program.
Computer programming is simply writing a set of instructions for a computer to follow. There is basic code such as binary code, which consists of using a sequence of “0″‘s and “1″‘s or there are other forms of code such as Java, C, and C++. Whichever you decide, know that none of these are easy to learn and that you must pay careful attention to how the code is used in order to run the program you want to create.
If you want to learn how to design web pages on the Internet, then you will want to learn HTML (HyperText Markup Language) code. This is the code used to make a basic web page. There are many different code sequences you can use to add elements to a web page. Learning HTML can be fun because then you have the freedom to design the type of web page you want to.
If you are more interested in creating computer programs or games, you will want to use an applications language such as C, C++ or Visual Basic. Visual Basic is the easiest to learn, but doesn’t always do complicated actions like C and C++ would. However, Visual Basic is great if you want to learn a basic computer language.
The best way to learn is to take a course at your local community college. It is there that you will learn the very basics and you can then build up to create more complicated programs and games. Having the freedom to design the games and programs you want can be quite exhilarating.