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How do I go about this? Are there any free resources that’ll help me get started?

I see people advising to start with a small project, but you need to get some basics down right? What language? How to develop it and stuff?

My only experience is some very basic C programming classes I took during school.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As I developed my script, I also began learning to properly "function-ize" my code to make things more readable/usable

I also started with Powershell, and not by reading guides/books. I got pretty good with using the pipeline, loops, etc. but my code was terrible soup with no re-usability. Later I learned JavaScript and realized how important it is to think about functions first when writing scripts. Makes everything easier and smoother.

[–] Passerby6497 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah, it definitely helps to plan things out ahead of time, but I've had decent luck with refactoring a code block into a function to reuse code or cleanup sections. But I definitely try to make it into a function first when I can since it's less work than going back and fixing stuff, but sometimes a simple code block blows up or you need to reuse it later.