An introduction to programming concepts for new programmers and developers
Programming is difficult to learn because you're actually learning two skills simultaneously: 1) what ideas can be expressed with programming, and 2) how those ideas are expressed in a particular language.
If you're getting into video game development and haven't already gotten into programming, you're actually trying to learn three or more skills at the same time (the two above with programming, as well as interacting with the engine, how things work in the engine, etc.)
My recommendation is to start with learning programming generally. I'll be creating a series that I hope will help with that, This is the start, which is an introduction to the ideas that go into programming, without exactly covering how to do them specifically.
The ideas covered include the basic use of commands in a programming language, variables, data types, conditional statements, loops, functions, and recursion. Then we'll see how these various building blocks can be combined to solve a problematic function that is running exceptionally slow.
I hope this helps in your programming or game development journey!