[imdhmd]

My first computer program was in VB.

I picked up a book (forgot the name) to learn programming as a hobby. This book had a project based approach to teach. Step by step it helped me write a tic-tac-toe program using Visual Basics. It was easy, it was fun, it was hands on. It helped me quickly relate to basic programming constructs like conditional statements, loops and branching.

It turned out not only a wise choice for someone who was experimenting with programming, but also a natural choice because, as soon as i looked at the books content and illustrations, i knew what i would be able to get out of this exercise and it seemed both interesting and achievable.