Total beginner - where do I start learning Roblox scripting?

one habit that saves a lot of time: keep the Output window open always, and put print() everywhere when something doesn't work. most beginner bugs are a script that never runs at all, or runs on the wrong side, and two prints tell you which.

I'd go in this order: variables and printing to the output window, then if statements, then functions, then events. Events are where it clicks, because a Touched part or a PlayerAdded is something you can see happen in a game you built. After that learn the difference between a Script and a LocalScript, and only then RemoteEvents. Copying scripts and picking them apart works, but only once you know the basics, otherwise you're just pasting. The beginner tutorials on Roblox's own creator docs follow roughly that order and are better than most videos.