While I think easyUO is very 'up to date' the community here is certainly stronger and more warm and welcoming. With that, Welcome to SUO!
The thing I found about scripting was that it was easy to learn from modding other scripts to suit my needs, once you get used to it, writing your own will be much easier. Also, learning how things are done in UO is helpful to writing your own scripts. I also find that writing your subs in a way so you can copy/paste them to develop your scripts rapidly.
What shard do you play on? What kind of characters do you enjoy playing?