Hello,

For all those nairalanders that keep asking about learning how to program, I recommend you folks check out and consider using one of these Massive Open Online Course websites. They are becoming really juicy in terms of the content they offer. I believe that you can learn a great deal just by taking these courses for FREE. To name a few MOOC, we have

1. Cousera http://www.coursera This MOOC has a wide variety of courses in it. They courses for different subject not just computer science. They have courses for MUSIC, ARTS, Energy etc. The computer courses there are very juicy ranging from Beginner programming https://www.coursera.org/course/pythonlearn to android programming, even down to cyber security https://www.coursera.org/learn/cyber-security-domain which can help improve your hacking skills. They also offer other computer science courses. You can visit their course page to view them https://www.coursera.org/courses

2. Udacity https://www.udacity.com/ I haven't used this MOOC but the courses are also nice. They are focused only on technology related courses only. While coursera tends towards theories + pratical, Udacity dives right in to praticals. They offer introduction into programming, Developing mobile apps (mainly IPhone's IOS courses and Android), Developing Web apps (Front end web development, Back end web development) etc For the courses the offer, visit https://www.udacity.com/courses/all

3. EdX https://www.edx.org EdX is also nice. Its like coursera. They offer courses for different subject. I haven't used it yet. I can't say much about the strength of the computer courses there because I rarely visit the site. My top 2 choices are the ones listed above. But maybe you folks might find some nice courses you like. Visit https://www.edx.org/course to view all courses

4. Codecademy http://www.codecademy.com/ Even though I haven't used it, I believe this site mainly teach courses on INTRO INTO WEB APPS DEVELOPMENT ONLY. I think this is what the Andela Folks http://www.andela.co/ use in teaching their bootcamp students.

5. Khanacedmy https://www.khanacademy.org I don't much about them, but you can check them out. Just for fun!.

So I hope some of the beginner programming questions have been answered. Just visit these site and learn about programming for FREE. Intermediate to Advanced tech guys can also sink their teeths into (1) and (2) above and learn some new things also.

The only catch is that you need to have INTERNET ACCESS in order to download the lecture videos

Thanks 4 d information

I guess you pay to access these full materials

If you're interested in web programming,
http://www.w3schools.com will help a lot.

JavaPrince1:
I guess you pay to access these full materials

You don't pay to access these materials. They are video lectures by very sound lecturers from top universities in the world (i.e. in the case of coursera and EdX) and also very sound professionals in the field of technology (i.e. in the case of Udacity, Codecademy etc).

The only time you need to splash out cash is if you want some kind of certificate (from them) for the course you took. But this is of course optional.

Also http://www.learn-python.org/ offers free python, C++, C, java, etc tutorials with 'try it urself' access, like w3schools

Dlastofmykind:
If you're interested in web programming,
http://www.w3schools.com will help a lot.

I agree with you. This helps a lot if you are on a low data budget, since there are no video lecturers, but content on HTML and other web technologies (together with interactive pratice section to test your skill).

But if you have enough data I think you'll learn alot faster and better with the Udacity's Intro to HTML and CSS https://www.udacity.com/course/intro-to-html-and-css--ud304, because the instructors are industry professionals, who have been in the business of web app development for while.

UPDATE: I just re-checked Udacity. Not all the courses are free. You may have to enrol with a fee for some courses (i.e. the ones that have NanoDegree attached to it). But the course I recommended above "Intro to HTML and CSS" is free.