help me choose

[Baez]

The tutorials on the net are fine if you know what to look for. Even though I'm in my 4th year I still use cplusplus.com for reference.

 

[kmote]

I used to use the cplusplus reference section which was fine but that's not the same as a tutorial.

 

[BuzzCutBob]

Learn Python, you will not regret it. The syntax is clean and read able, and it will give you a good stepping stone to go on to greater things.

Head over to Python Programming Language -- Official Website and install the software which comes with the interperter and a very nice IDE. Then point your browser at http://python.org/doc/and chose a tutorial that is on your level.

 

[phpGuy]

IMO you should learn algorithm design then the rest is just syntax. But then again I am computer scientist not a programmer.