So I've always wanted to learn code/program since I was 14 or so. I took YouTube and even website tutorials for Java, tried to follow along and everything but just didn't get it. I thought that Java was the best and easiest language to learn for a beginner. Well, not for me.
Fast forward to the beginning of this school year, I'm in high school and 16. I started taking programming class and we're going to learn Python. A month or two later and I actually understand the syntax of it, how if-else statements work, variables, functions, I even programmed a function to solve my Physics homework.
Do you think now, that having a basic understanding of Python, it would be easier for me to learn another programming language like C, or Java, or something else?
Absolutely.
knowing one language always helps learning the new one, especially if they are similar. if you have learned python I'd suggest to move to java. avoid C or C++ they are very theoretics and much harder to learn with no stiff teacher and must-do homeworks..
be aware that python is much less strict than other languages so you will need to work a bit harder, but yeah do it, now! learning programming takes a little time and A LOT of practice but it sure no impossible.
I would suggest watching some wonderful online lectures on Udacity or Coursera.
Good luck ;)
After learning one language, are other languages easier?