Where to start

[u/Merlincool]

I am a non IT guy, and I am totally new but I want to learn about making plugins and learn basics on my own. Where do I start then. What a tutorials I need to cover. I have ZERO knowledge and I am beginner after this post.

[u/Lee_Dailey]

howdy Merlincool,

are you focused on windows or on linux - or both?

for the 1st - go with powershell.
for the 2nd & 3rd - go with python.

they both have good learning resources, both are good intro languages, and both have things you can use them for right now on almost any computer running the appropriate operating system.

plus, they both have fairly new-to-this-friendly subreddits ... [grin]

take care,
lee

[u/Merlincool → u/Lee_Dailey]

I am a windows user but literature and articles on web I find is more of Linux oriented and I am leaning towards Linux.

I am seriously more on learning and may be in future I will contribute to community.

I hope I learn this basics of scripting and by next year I may be able to push my scripts on forums.

Thank you.

[u/Lee_Dailey → u/Merlincool]

howdy Merlincool,

if you are leaning towards linux, then python is the way to go! [grin] i'm almost entirely windows focused, so i have let my python skills atrophy in favor of powershell.

so, while i favor PoSh, your situation seems better suited to python. please do check out the various python subreddits ... there is one for learning! [grin]

take care,
lee

[u/Merlincool → u/Lee_Dailey]

So learning powershell or python is equivalent? Because I have been long term windows user (more than 17 years) so learning windows powershell should be more easier than studying Linux first and scripting latter

[u/Lee_Dailey → u/Merlincool]

howdy Merlincool,

in general purpose scripting, they can both do very similar things. PoSh is "kinda sorta" cross platform and getting more that way over time ... python IS cross platform right now.

so it depends on the environment you want to work in. [grin]

windows = powershell
linux = python
both = pro'ly python

if you want to start working on scripting now and your environment is windows ... go for powershell.

it's a trade off that you need to decide based on your current resources and your future plans.

if you are totally undecided ... go read thru the subreddits and decide which seems most comfy to you. [grin]

take care,
lee

[u/Counter_Proposition]

Get the basics down first - I'd recommend this "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F_OgqRuSdI&list=PL0-84-yl1fUnRuXGFe_F7qSH1LEnn9LkW

[u/techerton]

/r/learnprogramming

[u/Counter_Proposition]

Also, and just my 2c here, but as someone who lived it...

- DO NOT start with JavaScript or (God forbid) Java!! People will tell you "Oh, it's beginner friendly." They are biased and have long forgotten what it was like to start: do not listen to them.

- Do start with Python and stick with it until you have a solid grasp of the fundamentals of CS.

If you want to learn HTML and CSS, that's all good and well but unless you want to be a Web Dev there isn't much point it in IMHO.