Best way to learn programming for beginners?

ok, i want to learn to program and have done for years but it seems quite difficult and i have no idea where to start.





I'm not good with maths and was told i had to be to learn to program correctly, is this true?





My potential programming abilities would be used for trying to create simplish games, then more complicated games (if this is even possible by one person!)





plus i want to make some windows programs





can anybody advise me where to start? Do i learn C? then C++? or do i start elsewhere? i know there are quite a few programming languages..





but on average how long would it take to get so used to it that it would be second nature?





the thing i hate is it seems you have to learn absolutely everything, i know thats life but once you learn so much surely you can just create things the way you want by mixing up code a little with ideas?





thanks alot, and full stars to anybody who can provide a good answer.

Best way to learn programming for beginners?
Everything is depend on your motivation ...


why you want to program c++ or c ??


i think the best way to practise is by making some program to public ...


just like make freeware / open source program...


if you want to see open source just see it in http://www.sourceforge.net ...


by making freeware you will get practise and understand using programming language ...


to get motivated just making freeware put in your website and advertise with google adsense or adbrite or amazon affiliate ... or just sell it in http://www.shareit.com ...


if your program is popular you can generate money too with this advertising in your web ...
Reply:If you want to start really easy and free too you could try vbs (visual basic script). If you have xp you already have it.





You can get all the help and answers you want by trying "vbs scripting guy" %26amp; the thing you want to do into a web search and some really clear and helpful examples will get you going immediately.