figuring out fontlab

I am trying to give sometime figuring out fontlab so that later things don't get complicated. Found some tutorials in vimeo so thought would post them.  I have downloaded 1 month trial version with tutorials,  Fontlab seems a bit difficult... if anyone knows of related tutorials please post a link.

Tutorial: Creating fonts in Illustrator and Fontlab - Part 1 from Go Media on Vimeo.

Kerning Classes in FontLab from ilovetypography.com on Vimeo.