Where should an absolute beginning programmer start?
<p>Yea, I own a couple of Python, C++ and Java books. I'm 16 and pretty interested in programming, but I am kind of lost on where to start to get an idea of the basics. I want to know the in's and out's of programming. Any book and programming language recommendations? My only current experience is HTML (but that isn't really relevant) I've just recently started reading this Python book (as I've heard Python is a great beginning langauge) but I am having a hard time understanding some of the concepts. I think I need to take a step back.</p>

<p>I have my sights open for security type programming. Any tips and recommendations will be appreciated. </p>
