Navigating this community - finding how-to's & ideas (newbies / dummy's guide to extending & leveraging ST)

[dalec]

@Matt_P

It’d be great if there was a sub category or even just sticky thread somewhere (maybe there is and I just don’t see it) that gives newbies like myself some how-to write ups, tips and visibility into all the awesome things people have done using ST.

Welcome !

I had those exact same questions when I started up a few months back and I totally agree with you. Have fun exploring and if you are married and your wife is anything like mine I would start looking now for counseling or a referee

When I was new to the community, after reading the link that @JDRoberts suggested above to you my next most helpful one as a newbie was this. These should be mandatory sticky threads.

[OBSOLETE] FAQ: An Overview of Using Custom Code in SmartThings (SmartThings Classic, Groovy Code)

The original FAQ information in this thread refers to the original smartthings architecture, which was in place through the end of 2022 and a little beyond. Custom code was written in the groovy programming language and ran in the smartthings cloud. As of May 2023, you can no longer add new Groovy DTH‘s or smartapps to your smartthings account. So if you came here because of a link in an old forum thread, or on another site, I’m afraid the Groovy information is no longer usable. All of this was replaced by a new architecture. Cloud to cloud integrations use the smartthings API. Hub connected devices, mostly Zigbee and zwave, now use “Edge Drivers,” written in the LUA programming language. Here’s the official announcement on those: The process for using a custom Edge Driver in the new …