Stop worrying and start coding: sites to get started - SADHANA CHATHURVEDULA, LiveMint

Thanks to the enormous number of online courses which teach programming today, anyone can gain the right computer skills to execute the next big idea. Programming needn’t always be reams of boring text. You can get started with visual programming languages that abstract the text, and let you explore the fundamentals using visual elements like blocks. A popular example is Scratch , developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to help kids to get started with computer programming. http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/NK0dRMtVGPsiW5kCYeEfxK/Stop-worrying-and-start-coding-sites-to-get-started.html