Programming at a basic level is easy to learn on your own. There are many references on the Internet. Things I've done or heard about.
1. PostgreSQL is easy to download for all platforms, Oracle Express is free for download, and MySQL comes with MacOS. Why learn to use an SQL database? Because most systems use them to store persistent data.
2. Installing the optional XCode tools on a Mac is easy and gives you access to C, Objective C, C++, and Java compilers. For a few bucks you can get Apple's professional compiler and intregrated development environment (IDE.) Another IDE I've used Eclipse, which is again open source and have many useful features for Java development.
3. Even without XCode, Macs come with Python, Perl, and Ruby installed if you want to code in those languages.
4. Finally, one can program JavaScript in your browser itself.
All these tools can help you master the syntax and semantics of a programming language. Of course, once you know a language or languages you need also to learn the best ways of expressing ideas a programming language, tracking and fixing bugs, and testing your code. All go over some tools for that in another post.
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