Today is the first day of my coding journey. Before we get started, I want to introduce myself and explain why I am learning to code and blogging about it. I love to learn and I learn best when I teach myself. By teach myself, I mean utilize the materials available to me to learn on my own. I want to learn to code because I am both analytic and creative. I also want to own my own business and work for myself. I feel like programming will allow me to achieve these things. I have taken one programming class at the college level. I did learn a little C+, but that was over 5 years ago. Like so many other full grown people (not necessarily adults), I have been agonizing over which programming language to learn first. Three days ago, I decided to learn Java. After three days, I know Java is not the first language for me. I am off to a great start! I got through half of the free Java lessons at codeacademy.com and I...