First of all, if you are a n00b (observe proper spelling), then there is no hope for you. n00bs will never read, refuse to learn, and want everything handed to them so they do not need to work. If you are truly a n00b, we will reflexively hate you and try to kill you.
Newbies are something else again. They might get laughed at but they are not despised. Everyone starts out as a newbie.
Reading maps in a text editor are the easiest way to learn modding. Many maps have slight mods in them. Figure out why they do, and apply what you learn to copies of those maps to make your own mods, and see what happens.
It so happens that in
this topic at DGNF I posted the mod code, along with comments, from a map I made recently. Perhaps it will help you understand the structure.