I have a 50 minute video describing a high level description of studies and strategies within MotiveWave and Java. I got though the tools needed for development. It is highly recommended to be comfortable with Java. One good programming book is this from the Head First Java series.

If you like these topics get more free tech stuff in these books

https://quantlabs.net/book/

https://quantlabs.net/blog/2019/11/motivewave-java-sdk-programming-study-or-strategy/