Middle-earth recommendations for a beginner?

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

The official docs are better than they look.

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

Saving this for later.

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

Do you have a source for that? I'd like to read more.

Good question, following.

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

The cheap option was fine for years.

The cheap option was fine for years.

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

The cheap option was fine for years.