Posted by AlexTress

Lol, I think I'll just stick with Python, since I'm kind of new.. It's freeware too.

GS1 can be ran in the offline GraalEditor and some functions and concepts carry over into GS2 but it's better to stick to a language like Python as it has so much more documentation than GS1 and GS2 do and much bigger community attached to it.

Python, Ruby, Java, JavaScript, VB.NET, C#.NET are all good choices for people new to programming/scripting. Basic programming concepts you learn in Python are used in other languages too except with a different syntax.

When you're confident in your ability to program try one of the other languages I suggested above and even try GS2. I've written a fairly in-depth guide here:
http://public.zodiacdev.com/index.php?title=Fowlplay4  

Is there anyway to test your gs2 scripts w/o gold?  

Posted by MattKan

Only reason to learn GS1 is if you wanna go live on Graal Reborn, but you don't wanna do that so learn GS2.

why should i not live on Reborn?  

Posted by AlexTress

Is there anyway to test your gs2 scripts w/o gold?

Nope