How to Get Started with n8n (without feeling overwhelmed)

If you're watching this video, chances are you are interested in AI automation and you think that NAN is a potential tool that you want to learn. However, when you look at NE, it might seem confusing. There's a lot of different settings going on. What is a node? What is a trigger? How do I move across different tabs? So, my goal in today's video is to teach you the basics of how to use the platform. We're going to even start talking about the different versions of N, whether it's self-hosted or cloud. We're going to jump through a canvas, talk about some of the different settings, what's a trigger versus what is a node, and by the very end of this video, I'm also going to show you how to set up your very own AI agent and send messages back and forth. In addition, as well, I'm going to show you a few resources that you could leverage across your NAN journey. So that way, you can upscale and learn how to use NAN faster and more efficient. So, if this sounds good, let's start this video. All right, so before we jump into the software itself, let's talk about how we can get you set up with any end. And there's really two routes that you could go. And often you'll hear, oh, we're on any end cloud or I'm using a self-hosted version. So I wanted to kind of break them apart and you can find out really fast what version is for you. Personally, I think the easiest way to get started is to use cloud. This is where you go to the website nan.io io and they do all of the hosting for you. But I also just really quickly wanted to show you self-hosted and we can break down self-hosted into two different approaches. Number one is using a service like Hostinger. Now Hostinger typically host websites but they also allow you to host any N on here self-hosted version. I actually have a full video on here how to self-host with any with hosting or easy. And I'll put this down below in the description so you guys could watch that video. And you know, it takes me about 15 minutes or so to set that up. Another way that you could set up self-host is through Docker. And um again, it's going to take 10 or so minutes just to set up this first part. Now, there are limitations with this version. Your computer always has to be on for it to work. There could be some issues with web hooks and different things like that.