How to learn programming from scratch?

A lots of people ask me, how to learn programming from scratch. From this answer you will learn, how to do it. I am programming for 20 years. I am sharing my experiences and of people, that i have helped in this career path development.

A lots of people ask me, how to learn programming from scratch. Every day i read comments of such kind. For example, someone is working in different area, and wants to become software tester. Or, he/she works in IT, but wants to jump on a new level and start programming. All these people have one thing in common. They want to start the programming journey. But this area is so broad, they don’t know how to start. And everyone tells other things about how to do it.

From this answer you will learn how to start programming from scratch. You will also receive some advice that will help you in the progress. So, lets begin:

To learn how to code you need to follow these steps:

1. Look around

Currently programming is a very broad area. So it’s good to look around and see in what directions you can go. Because if you know them, you can choose the right one for you. It also helps to choose technologies, you should learn.

For starters i can tell about website programmers. These are people, who use for example Wordpress, or other…