I am not actually using it, it's more like i am just poking it with a stick.

this new programming link is great, and also the unity to ue4 is worthy to read as a start.
I have been got stuck a bit with my AI development in lite-c, C++ requires more organized work but offers more structured and flexible work. And the visual debugging possibilities of UE4 behaviour tree is really great! Of course, all the Blueprint and Behaviour Tree stuff can be later rewritten in C++ to be more efficient, but for prototyping they are awesome. When Blueprints get complex they are more difficult to look over than a well structured code package.

what I suggest is to start with the general tutorial videos:
- Introduction to the UE4 Editor

then to get a blueprint overview is very important, even if you think you don't need, only C++. they are essential to understand the engine's logic:
- UE4 Blueprint Quickshot (to see what they can do in a very short form)
- Introduction to Blueprints (gives deeper knowledge)
- Blueprint Essentials (a quick but useful feature overview)

and the 3rd person blueprint series !!! to understand how it really works, including materials, particle effects, FBX import, animation:
- Introduction to Blueprint 3rd Person Game Creation

then you can do the programming basics (which also uses blueprints), you don't really need to deal with the engine source:
- Introduction to UE4 Programming

then a good written tutorial on the Wiki:
- First Person Shooter C++ Tutorial

and a video series again to get familiar with AI made with behaviour tree and blueprint:
- AI Guard Tutorial

and if you get bored, discover the Content Examples project then you can get the source from GitHub, and go through Characted, Pawn and other important source files, to understand the whole framework's logic, when to use the Game Mode, and when AI Controller of a Character instead of directly the Character etc. it is a complex but very motivating system. after a long learning you can work faster, while in 3dgs after a short learning you need to develop your tools and framework in a more time consuming way. but if you want to make good materials in ue4, it is handy if you learn some shader programming in 3dgs.

I haver never seen a university from the inside in my whole life. And never heard of anyone who could program on more than a theoretical level after having just attended one.

So, you have to learn C++? What's the big deal? That it looks scary and that the internet says it's such a complex and terrifying language? The worst part about C++ are templates, and you don't even need to touch them if you don't feel like it. The rest is just a matter of learning a couple of more concepts.

Come on man, everything looks scarier from afar. That is, except of my mom, who looks kinda cute from far away and gets terrifying once you get too close to run away.

@Sivan -
I read a $2 book "Mastering Unreal Blueprints" and did the insane blueprint web to make a cascading IF set, for a many set of frames flipbook cycle. But I have done the first 3 educations you listed. UE4 is awesome, however, like you say - it take a lot of work to get to a effective level of use. Thanks very much for the study plan !!

@Sid - Lol
Okay, you got me. Maybe it is just intimidation. Thank you too. I'll report back in, in a few months. Because if I can learn it, then TRULY anyone can.

If you want to have a book, I heard good things about this one: http://www.amazon.com/Accelerated-C-Practical-Programming-Example/dp/020170353X (note, I have NOT read it myself). It has less handholding with regards to "oh, that idiot probably doesn't even know what a variable is", and gets you right into the important bits.

OK I'll grab it. The langue is not real that different. java, c, c#, C++ all really similar. However, the logic and design has been said to be vastly different. But, I will see and report back.

-- Fun Fact -- The lite-c manual sucked so bad at explaining Pointers, I had to ask @Sid, who was kind enough to take make a pm or two to teach me. lol Thanks Sid..

I also sucked a lot with pointers in lite-c, and memory allocations of struct arrays of struct arrays, and access them in several ways, but it was a very useful experience. in C++ and UE4 fortunately you can work with references, which can be more convenient. and in UE4 memory handling is made easier by helpers and garbage collection.

If you already know lite-c and want a smoother transition to pointers, disable pointer detection/conversion thing that lite-c does. #define PRAGMA_POINTER

my little soldiers marching towards UE4... (Fragmotion FBX export works perfectly)

Also, if anyone tried the ue4 and editor before and it performed poorly, i found that 4.7 vastly improves editor performance on lower-end machines.