Khan Academy's free, browser-based introduction to programming, which teaches programming principles through interactive video lectures where learners can pause and edit the example code. Commenters also mention a more advanced follow-up course.

Commenters call it free, ad-free, and better than other courses at teaching the principles of programming as a whole, and say the ability to pause and interact with the lecturer's code helps.

On Reddit (3)

1. Strongly recommends6C64PXr/learnprogramming2020in “How hard is JavaScript to learn after wetting my feet in Python?”▲ 16

   I very very very strongly recommend Khan Academy's course. It's free, non-profit, no ads or upsells, and covers the principles of programming as a whole better than any other course I've seen on any other programming language.

2. RecommendsMartian_Tr/learnprogramming2021in “Finally made my first Java program!”▲ 2

   Congratulations man! I think Khan academy has a great basic and advanced course in programming. Try it out if you want to solidify some info.

3. Recommendsoh-no-u-guys-my-coder/learnprogramming2020in “Any Advice or Reassurance: Struggling A Bit - Learning Python”▲ 2

   I'd say your brain is more likely not suited for this teacher/style than your brain is not suited for programming. When I get stuck on a concept that is confusing me, I try to find a different person to learn it from, or watch 5 different videos from 5 different people. Someone will use a better…

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