Very General Question About Learning Some Coding

I thank both of the earlier repliers for their thoughtful responses to my question. Without a doubt-seeing the immediate tangible results of entering some coding into a device is a super good way of learning, and, if it is an interesting project-so much the better.
In many ways-not only what I asked was very subtle but much more easily answered by someone who is an advanced programer like you both are so thank you. I shall proceed the Espruino way I am just waiting for the new board!
I have kept the learn how to program book authors in business over the years. I must have over 30 how to books, But, as I said, I find this board very compelling. And my motto is never give up! Reading code in some languages is fairly easy-Python, Ruby, Basic. Writing it is harder-especially if there is no context!

And I think I just figured out what I have been trying to say.  This is a word that be adopted by programmers because this is precisely what the Espruino does so beautifully.  Nice double screen with the Chrome, simply coding which is sort of like reading text, the context of the Hardware board with its almost immediate tangible results(turn on LED),  and the fact it is event driven.  The event driven part is important because it allow me-the event creator-to see, appreciate, AND LEARN what's going on. !

Would it be fair to say that the Espruino is a "synthetic" RTOS with the coder being the event?