Ok, you've got your feet wet.  You should have turned in exercise 1 by now.  It should have been easy.  It was really about just getting started.  Just going through the motions of typing in some code and making sure that it compiled.  You weren't supposed to yet understand what it all means.  That will come quite soon.  

Take advantage of the easy work now.  It will not always be that way.  Get the exercises and assignments done early.  Read the textbook.  Watch the videos.  Try to work ahead.  It will get harder.  That's a promise.