Plugins for dummies.

Where can i find a book. I've wroten programs in Qbasic and visualbasic but am unfamiliar with this language. I play a lot of different muds but the type i like most are pure pvpthe one i am currently playing happens to be Act of War: The new age. Its quite nice as they are implementing new ideas daily. Ok back on topic i need a crash course on making plugins. Id like to start wiht something simple like a spellup plugin anyhelp would be much appreciated

Plugins aren't written in any kind of special language, they are just collections of triggers, aliases, timers, variables and scripts that are saved as XML. Scripts however are written in different scripting languages, the default one being Lua. To create a plugin you can try creating an empty new world, adding a couple of simple triggers to it, then clicking on File->Plugin Wizard option in the menu to export the contents of that world as a plugin.