Assuming you are talking about web programming, I would start with PHP rather than Javascript. PHP is much simplier and easier to grasp. Javascript can be very quirky and there are often dozens of ways to do the same thing.
1) Become proficient with writing HTML pages with a text editor (no dreamweaver)
2) Get one of the sitepoint books on PHP and go through that. They typically walk you through step by step so they are good.
3) Bookmark php.net and go through their function API on a regular basis.
4) Find a small project you want to work on and start working on it.
5) Feel free to post your code and ask questions if there is a better way to code something on GFY and I'm sure you'll get a bunch of feedback.
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