@firefly_lightning So, first target one specific system with one specific front end. This will greatly reduce the scope of the required learning.

I started learning programming with command line programs in C because of the low learning overhead. I was also taught COBOL for file manipulation and Java for Object-Oriented Programming. In parallel, I had SQL classes on an Oracle system, but no integration with a programming language until my final project after 2 years of full-time classes.

It was a long process and it started pretty small, so I think that's what you should do as well to make it palatable.