Do they eat newbies?

[abandonedbywolves]

If a hypothetical person knew bugger all about computers, but was made curious by the way half of Dreamwidth seems to be involved in the programming side, where would you suggest that person begin?

I've Googled and found lots of resources, but because I know nothing I have no way to tell if they're good resources, so I'm looking for advice from actual people.

All suggestions welcome - online, books, or "Don't bother, go away and come back when you've learned [other language]".

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[abandonedbywolves]

I've applied for a Dreamhack account, downloaded PuTTy like it instructed, so now I'll wait to get to play with that. So I'm having a read of Picking Up Perl, and well, you've seen where I'm lurking now. ;)

I appreciate the reassurance - the DW folk do seem very welcoming and that's a big part of the appeal here.