InspirationalAnon - Well done. I'm similar age to you. A few years back, I was faced with back breaking returning to work in a shop for pittance. I worked extremely hard on a market stand, then one day I fell over and banged my lip on a metal table. Blood filled my mouth and I went home, feeling incompetent defeated and hopeless. Then I started to learn to code. Choosing a language was tough and I chose Java as I'd attempted to learn it in the past. But with whom?

There is a very kind guy who runs a site www.caveofprogramming.com. If you haven't got a bean which I didn't, tell him and he will allow you to follow his classes for free. I did that then when I did find a site to develop, I sent my fee over to him, way more than he charges. I have a web app coming out slowly a gold/silver/bitcoin monitor. All thanks to him. Go there and tell him Q sent you!