AutoIt was how I learned to program in 2007! We were using it to control show effects for spaceship-themed exhibit at school!

All the buttons, TVs, lighting effects... all run from windows PCs with AutoIt!

(there was a flash photo gallery, because 2007, but here are some of the images)

https://www.etc.cmu.edu/projects/lbe/S07/clients/ETC/gallery... https://www.etc.cmu.edu/projects/lbe/S07/clients/ETC/gallery...