A decade or two ago, I would have recommended
The Art of Electronics by Horowitz and Hill. I learned from that textbook, plus a lot of home experimentation, and application notes from the IC manufacturers notably National Semiconductor. Those app notes are still available online from Texas Instruments, and still relevant.
Today, I help colleagues get started in electronics. They often have some sort of science or non-EE engineering background. I recommend diving into the Arduino universe, perhaps by looking through the many tutorials at the Adafruit webiste. (And buying her stuff).
Learn, the way a lot of us old-timers learned to code: Take some working program, duplicate it, and make minor changes, and see what happens.
Even if your ultimate interest is analog rather than digital, the tools that you learn to make in the digital realm, such as measurement, will help you test your beginning analog circuits. On the other hand, if you're interested in analog, you may have a reason, such as audio or music electronics, in which case, there are a lot of documented projects out there to build and learn from.
Don't work with anything potentially dangerous at first, if ever. Things that can release a large amount of energy (voltage, current, mechanical, heat) if your code has a bug are worth leaving to the real engineers.
Today, I help colleagues get started in electronics. They often have some sort of science or non-EE engineering background. I recommend diving into the Arduino universe, perhaps by looking through the many tutorials at the Adafruit webiste. (And buying her stuff).
Learn, the way a lot of us old-timers learned to code: Take some working program, duplicate it, and make minor changes, and see what happens.
Even if your ultimate interest is analog rather than digital, the tools that you learn to make in the digital realm, such as measurement, will help you test your beginning analog circuits. On the other hand, if you're interested in analog, you may have a reason, such as audio or music electronics, in which case, there are a lot of documented projects out there to build and learn from.
Don't work with anything potentially dangerous at first, if ever. Things that can release a large amount of energy (voltage, current, mechanical, heat) if your code has a bug are worth leaving to the real engineers.