For someone with good computer skills but no knowledge of programing what resouces (books, websites, courses ect) would you recomend as a good starting place to learn about programming and crypto currencies?
It's a good list, but personally I think that's completely overkill. If you assume you'll use a binary of any of the ethereum clients, then all you need to know is HTML, some javascript, and a bit of python (assuming you wanted to use serpent as the smart contract language).
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and maybe cpp-ethereum ( Ubunte or IOS ) with http://www.etherscripter.com/0-5-1/
It's a good list, but personally I think that's completely overkill. If you assume you'll use a binary of any of the ethereum clients, then all you need to know is HTML, some javascript, and a bit of python (assuming you wanted to use serpent as the smart contract language).
https://github.com/aantonop/bitcoinbook/blob/develop/README.md
Just dive in @TomLondon. It's still very early days.. unchartered waters and wide open terrain.
If so there is an Ethereum Hackathon taking place on the 6th of September - http://www.meetup.com/ethereum/events/188284042/?fromJoin=188284042
Get a laptop, stick the newest Ubuntu on it and come on down. I'm sure you will learn a lot