If you dont understand anything they wrote in the tutorials (if you read them) then you should start off by something.. hmmm maybe less easier? For example. Qbasic or something! Also the tutorials are very good, I learned alot from them and editing ready made plugins. Damn, I still sometimes go and check how things are done in the tutorials.

But really if the tutorials are too hard for you to understand maybe you should start off by something easier...