I'd like to be able to write end-user code and 'glue' scripts easily. I don't want to be a 'developer' especially. I'm piecing it all together from bash and pe

I'd like to be able to write end-user code and 'glue' scripts easily. I don't want to be a 'developer' especially. I'm piecing it all together from bash and perl tutorials and some R code sites at present. There is a bit of cut and paste going on... not good. I need to scratch my own itches to get the motivation. What I perpetrate will never see a server, I promise. Any suggestions?