When I decided I wanted to learn coding, this is the first book I purchased, and I can't recommend it enough: http://www.amazon.com/Learning-MySQL-JavaScript-S

When I decided I wanted to learn coding, this is the first book I purchased, and I can't recommend it enough: http://www.amazon.com/Learning-MySQL-JavaScript-Step-Step/dp/0596157134/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294110146&sr=8-2 http://www.amazon.com/Learning-MySQL-JavaScript-Step-Step/dp... It goes through a good amount of material while still being a beginner's book, assuming only that you know a little html. It's very thorough in what it does cover, and should give you enough confidence to decide what you want to learn next, ie, more in-depth PHP, another language, etc.