Programming for Absolute Beginners offers practice problems, activities, and a host of resources to get new programmers started, plus a large glossary of terms introduced in the book and that a new programmer might encounter when learning on their own. No special software is required; this book will help you regardless of what your computer setup is, and source code will be freely available via GitHub.
What You Will LearnHow computers workHow computers communicate over networksHow web pages are built with HTML and CSSHow javascript worksHow javascript interacts with web pagesIntermediate javascript topics such as recursion and scopingUsing javascript for network communicationWho This Book Is ForAnyone wanting to begin computer programming, including students who need to learn the fundamentals and early professionals who want to go back and revisit the basics.