In Queensland Australia there are men’s sheds which are great. The local pub. If you’re near a good church they often have lots of social stuff too, even basketball and soccer clubs.
I swear there used to be a choose your own adventure version of this where you could answer questions about what you did wrong and get a step-by-step "here's what to do" after.
Forward slash unless windows is pretty much how I remember it. Character escapes are universally backslash.
If you're asking me how to remember the difference between them, I just imagine I'm the line, then the question is: does it look like I'm falling forward or backward.