Excited newbie (EU)

Hi all,
First I have to say, what an awesome forum. Spent some time around and only positive feedback in the threads.
Small introduction:
I am building a new home for my family and obviously I want it smart. The house is far from finished but I couldn’t wait trying out some new smart ways to get around. I started some time ago with domoticz on a raspberry pi with zwave, got light and camera connected that I purchased. Door sensor from fibaro I couldn’t get working :roll_eyes: I found the domoticz quite unstable and lot of maintenance so I started looking around. Choice was : fibaro home center, homey or ST. The community of ST got me over the line and ST it is.

I’m willing to learn and keen on figuring out things myself, but I need some starting point. If anyone could direct me to some good YouTube videos about getting started with ST, that would be great. For example, how do I start with api to get strange devices connected.

Also one of the things I’m looking at right now is wall switches for light. Since it is about time for me to purchase wall switches for the whole house, I could use some tips. Should I purchase some zwave light switches and if yes, which one do you recommend that works well with ST. Or should I perhaps purchase light modules like the one from fibaro :
https://www.fibaro.com/en/products/switches/

Last but not least, any plug and play alarm sets that work well with ST?

I know, I know, long story and many questions… My apologies for that. Hopefully in some time I will be able to support in this community as well :tada:

Looking forward to start with ST and learn a lot along the way. Kinda excited about this.

Thanks for all the feedback.

Regards, Frenk