I’m currently taking a course in Data Analysis and for a portion of my term project, I’d like to write a QGIS plugin (in Python) that works similarly to the Profile Tool plugin. I’m new to Python and curious if anyone knows of good quality resources for getting started on writing a QGIS plugin.

The goal of my desired plugin… Instead of plotting a single profile, I’d like my plugin to require a series of lines within a grid as an input, with the output being profiles taken along a LiDAR dataset at each line within the grid. The output should be in CSV format, with an identifier (1,2,3…n) column that demarcates each profile from the next.

I feel this is going to be a tall task, but very much worth it for my research and likely a useful tool for many others in my field of study. Any help would be greatly appreciated!