@ACobb
I agree with some of your thoughts on the documentation. A non technical person prefers lots of pictures and step by step guides that hold your hand and explain what can go wrong and how to fix it if it does go wrong. Looks like the documentation is changing and is now far easier to make edits to them via the github links at the bottom of each page. Please help make them better if you can not program so it takes the load off the people who can.
If you or anyone reading this does want to learn I have been enjoying these videos and whilst I do not use ZWave, there are a number of videos there to guide you in a visual and guiding way with ZWave and other getting started guides…
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxrwkWUuAcpLPwovisO9cqw/videos
I have been waiting for someone to create a range of videos on Openhab and was planning on doing some of my own if none existed when I finally get my setup finished.
A few random comments…
I know you probably want visual based which is what PaperUI is becoming, but have you tried Visual Studio Code? Its great, you can design a sitemap and see how it looks as you create it in a preview window, plus it has code suggestions and more.. Have you checked out node red? or this video on the web based rule engine?
Actually I have noticed that bindings can auto add tags for users, I just don’t know how many bindings do this nor how much of Openhab is ready for that ability as this may be a feature that is still in the works.