You're not missing much. If you know Python, you could go back
in time to the 1980s and master Microsoft BASIC in a few
hours... if you had to.
Same with me and Python. I whipped together something quick in
Python to see if I could make Minecraft PC do a few things using
this mod: [1]
https://github.com/kbsriram/mcpiapi and it was
pretty easy.
I had to learn PHP in a hurry once for a website thing and same
thing - it's all not that hard. Once you get one under your
belt, you can do any of them with a little gumption.
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https://github.com/kbsriram/mcpiapi