Will I remember all of this??

Jonathan, learning to program is a repetitive task, and that is essentially how one learns. If you want to learn how to program without it seeming like work, the best thing to do is get started right away. Answer any questions you can on the forum, and practice the things you've learned immediately.

The longer you wait, and move to something else, the faster you will forget. Pure practice is helpful, but not only that, having fun and enjoying what you're doing is key in my experience. You remember things better with visual examples and things which you relate to. Treehouse uses video training and lots of visual helpers to aid with that, and for good reasons.

I've always referred people to something called Janki Method. It's a system that helps retain technical knowledge.

You won't remember everything. Nobody does. There are simple things you can do to help you remember. I take a lot of notes. Simply writing something down greatly increases your ability to retain and recall that information. I also avoid copy/pasting codes that I have just learned. Sure it makes things quicker and easier but repetition is key. When you copy/paste a code you aren't doing anything to memorize it, the computer is doing all that work for you.

Thanks guys. Ive just repeated my lessons using text-edit on my mac instead of workspaces. Its starting to make more sense now the second time around.

thanks dustin. i did have to set the preference to plain text before getting started, but i think its a good bare bones text editor to practice on.