Przilicaturbak, it is nice to see that you are willing to learn new things, but you need to know that there's more to coding than getting a compiler and hacking away at some code.
If you want to simply be able to write applications, then (if you are dedicated enough) you can get by with some good tutorials (see Kon-Tiki's link) and a few good books. But, unfortunately, creating something even mildly complicated requires a deeper understanding than you can (usually) acquire by yourself.
Example:
Even the simplest Windows program requires you to learn Win32 programming, which, on the other hand, assumes a comfortable knowledge of at least one programming language (preferably C or C++). Drawing to the screen... oh man, you need to dig into the GDI or DirectX / OpenGL. It gets confusing fast.
The best way to approach the subject of programming will be to look through some tutorials online and go to the bookstore/library and pick up a primer on some programming language. Then try doing some of the suggested exercises, etc. to see if that's even what you expected it to be.
Good luck.
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