Hi,
Yep, PlayMaker as this very welcome side effect that for non programmers, it creates a nice and easy bridge to dive into coding, first understanding the patterns and some basics, then being able to read a c# scripts and understand what it does, to finally, create very basic custom actions, and then ultimatly write pur c# components.
So, keep at it, mastering both PlayMaker and code will give you amazing power to realize your visions.
Bye,
Jean