Hi Jbroadway.
It depends on you, as a person, learn best. I, for example, am more of a hands-on learner, so I learn best by actually doing the programming, while reading a little bit about the basics. Some other people, however, would learn better by reading books, while only doing a little bit of hands-on work. There are tutorials out there on the internet that can walk you through programming, so it would be worth googling them. How do YOU learn best?
Regards,
Der Strom