programming MT5?

I have been trading for many years and now automation beckons to a newbie programmer. The other threads seem to pitch for MT4. Is anyone interested in helping along people interested in MT5 ? The 4 version may still be with us for sometime but for a starter the new MQL5 seems to be the future.
I have tried lots of free EAs but none are really profitable. So I put some " to be paid for " ones into the strategy tester. The results for one were impressive, so I bought it for 550 credits. It's results on a real money account were awful and I lost 40% of my wedge after a few hours.
Can I ever get to programme up some profitable ideas ? Not without help I think. So hope to get some responses

You're not very clear about what you want or what you need.

I am hoping that someone will lead us newbies in MT5 like Moses in the desert. Not too fast on the learning curve with the end result of being able to do our own programming to a profitable EA. The cost and uncertainty of the paid for EAs make them too expensive. Besides it should be fun and also beneficial to the teacher.

Have a look at this recent thread: Learn New MQL Coding

It covers MT4 b600+ programming but by the looks of it, the structure is very similar to MT5's MQL5.