Sams Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours (Covering Java 7 and Android) (6th Edition) (Sams Teach Yourself...in 24 Hours)
ISBN: 0672335751
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YoungEnt · 2011-12-22 · Original thread
I'm currently 17 years old and learned to program at 14 from the book "Sams Teach Yourself Java" http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Hours-Covering-Android/...

It's not very in depth but it gave me a global understanding of programming, and then I delved more into it with other books and web sites.

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