Whether you're already a programmer or not, one of the best ways to learn EasyLanguage is to start writing some code. However, it does help to understand some of the basics of how things work, such as how you can access the current open, high, low, close and also the value of past bars.
TradeStation has some good training on this, starting with a webinar such as the following, which will give you the basics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqqxE6pkvg0
Some of their documentation provides good foundation and reference, such as this EasyLanguage Essentials guide:
https://uploads.tradestation.com/uploads/EasyLanguage-Essentials.pdf
Using these, you should be able to start some simple indicators to get your started. One thing that you'll eventually discover is that there are many ways to do something. Once you get enough experience to look at code, you can look at any of the TradeStation's indicators to see how they accomplish things. In the EasyLanguage development environment, selecting any keyword and hitting F1 brings up Help, which gives you a lot of info about almost every function.
You'll eventually realize that there's a deeper aspect of EasyLanguage that works with objects which has greater functionality, which you can learn more about after you get confident in the basics. These can be a little less forgiving than the simpler parts of EasyLanguage, but provide greater access to things, such as the ability to work with seconds rather than minutes. If you're already a programmer, that's where you'll find common data structure functions as well.
So the answer to learn is to just start, and use existing examples. Use the TradeStation training and pdf books to help you where you need it.
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