Terraform can be used freely by studying with book...
# general
l
Terraform can be used freely by studying with books, manuals, and github without anyone’s help, but Pulumi seems to need help from experts.
r
Hi @little-belgium-31679, I would disagree with this. What areas are you struggling with? The pulumi documentation is really good now with many examples to help.
l
Maybe it’s because I’m used to Terraform. Skill up alone without anyone’s help
r
If you know Terraform and a programming language you shouldn't have too many difficulties. Is there a particular area you are struggling with?
l
When a beginner who can only use Terraform learns Pulumi for the first time, Skill Upd quickly?
p
Do you have software programming experience?
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l
It’s ok for me, but the new employee is having a hard time understanding it.
p
otherwise i would recommend the YAML route i think
r
Can you be a bit more specific? Pulumi have some good guides. Do you and your team know any programming languages? There is now support for YAML as of yesterday to get you started.
l
We are using Python. I’ll try it once with YAML and I’ll tell you if there is a difficult thing.
r
Look on YouTube as well for PulumiTV.
l
Thank you. ^^
r
Your welcome. Here is a starter guide, https://www.pulumi.com/docs/get-started/.
d
Hi Antony - let me know if something isn't clear - I've used Terraform as well. Your prior experience (and your team mates) will play a huge role of course - I struggled with some simple things like org/project/stack names - and I'm only now getting to grips with Output<T> types 🙂. I can just encourage you to continue with it - so far I'm really really happy with the results I've achieved. There was a point in my journey where "the pin dropped" and I realized how much further i could go with Pulumi compared to a non-general-purpose language tool. Just hit me up if you have questions and I'll try to help out.
l
@damp-honey-93158 I saw it too late. Thanks for your reply. I’ll test it out and ask any questions.