Sorry for the dumb question

Question

"Many people read 400+ pages books and they think they will learn to code. Books will not teach you to code. They will just give you an overview what coding/programming is and how to do basic things.

To learn to code properly you need to practice. You need to know how to write code by heart. The best way to practice is working on your own projects. Once you have some basic knowledge of coding, you should start coding. Think about what you could code and do it.

You can read whole book, tutorial or documentation, but you will not remember everything. Practice!"

- from codermania.com

Questions:
1)Where to get the basic knowledge and how do I know if I'm ready to start working on my own projects?
2) What type of projects should I start working on?

Thank you in advance!!

Answer 1

Sololearn cam be a good start I think.
Start by simple and achievable small program first. Self satisfaction is important(###
Do anything you like, you can think of, you are interested in, maybe a calculator? a RPG game? Bingo? Snake? Password generator? Msg encryptor? Any of it will helps you in improving yourself.

Answer 2

I think solo learn teaches you how to Program and it's basics it doesn't necessarily mean that you are now ready to create apps and websites I recommend in my opinion
1.Coursera (App and Website)
2.Udacity (App and Website)
3.Sololearn(Only for programming)