I'm of the belief the best way to learn how to program is to choose a difficult, but "fun" (fun being fun for you, something you're interested in) project, and then just push through trying to figure out how to do it.

If you have literally no programming experience, you'll probably have to do some sort of classes (like an MIT Open Courseware class or something) just to learn the basics- but then just start on your difficult project, get stuck a bunch, ask questions (every programming language has a Reddit community), and push through.

I have found people get a lot more (and are much more willing to push through) working on something they actually care about, instead of pre-canned exercises.