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Originally Posted by stchristophear
Interesting. I've often wanted to learn programming, but have never really had the time or the know-how to make any successful attempts. Though it still intrigues me very much so.
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You should really just hit up a tutorial for some programming language. There are usually quite thorough step-by-step ones available with code you can pretty much copy paste if needed (try not to though). It will give you a good basic idea how programming works and should only take up a few hours to a day of your time, depending on how long a tutorial you pick.
I'd recommend starting with a language such as Java or C#; they are object oriented, which is imho an important aspect of programming, but not as complex as C++. Languages such as AutoIt are very useful for quickly scripting up some small program, but they're a nightmare when you make more complex programs.
I personally enjoy writing in C#, but once you manage the basics of one language it is usually not too hard to understand other languages. The only 'difficult concept' for some people who come from higher level languages such as AutoIt are objects, which is why I'd recommend starting off in an object oriented language.