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I'd like to believe all kind of coding is classified as real programming, as long as you are typing commands which will be executed by a computer. Bottom line, pretty much every programming language is similar, especially all the C-based languages. Find something that interests you and go for it. If you like matlab, try writing some Python code. Here's a course I started watching a couple of days ago. Or if you want something a bit easier like JavaScript, you can check out freeCodeCamp.

Wow!! You are such an informative guy!
We should keep in touch from now :)