Unfortiently I don't think any of us regulars have a firm grasp on JavaScript so you are more or less on your own.

Many things you will learn will not carry over to other languages (animations , images, sprites, graphical movement) simply because they are specific to the language.

I personally suggest leaning from the tutorials on cprogramming.com as it will give you the basic concepts that can be applied to many languages rather than learning language specific elements.

If you had a firm grasp of Linux I'd suggest the "programming from the ground up" PDF which deals with assembler but that book was written for a very specific language for a specific architecture on a specific platform (Linux x86 at&t syntax).

This post was edited by AbDuCt on Oct 28 2014 09:57am

I haven't ever used linux (yet) but am not opposed to learning once I get a bit more under my belt.

The website looks promising. Fuark choosing the first language to start with seems difficult.

From what I've skimmed so far it seems like Java, C, C++, and SQL for data related things.

General thoughts on python?

Python and Ruby are good introductory languages, they're powerful enough to do whatever you want, but they're batteries included and hide all the good stuff.

I say if you're interested in Python go through: http://learnpythonthehardway.org

You will know very soon if you would rather do something else, which he has available too for SQL, C, Ruby, Regex even: http://learncodethehardway.org

Boring dry shit, but it got me going in the right direction for teaching myself.