Beginning Programming

Hey /prog/

I've been trying to get into programming for awhile, but I usually get nowhere. Had a lot of free time recently and I'd rather not spend it all at 4chan.

I'm pretty sure I've got the main concepts and basics down but I never practice, so I always end up forgetting or never really appreciating the stuff I read.

What are some basic programs you'd recommend for a beginner? If I had some set goals to practice my programming, maybe I could accomplish something.

>>27
YOu are not >>25. You guys live in your little universe where your biggest accomplishment is tourettes.ss, but the people who actually make technology happen are not idiots who waste time with LISP and try to reach EXPERTISE and SATORI. They are reasonable people who accept that the most suitable tools are not the most entertaining ones, and that hard work is what gets work done. In other words, people with a professional attitude to software engineering.