how do I get going about this? in a "for dummies" series, how would you start this?
I mean, lets assume I have Visual Studio Code (as my IDE), which library should I download, use,,, is there any "example" as step by step?
i think since you want to use the protocol then the best reference is the main client that is already using the protocol (and has basically defined it), meaning Electrum. if you know python then your work is cut out for you since you can just look at its source code here:
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum