Main thing about Modo is it's customizability. Find your commonly used tools and bind them to a key. Easy way to bind a command to a key is to Press F5 then go to History tab. Here are you can see your command history. You can right click on any command and choose 'map command to a key'. It's more convenient then input…
Yes, scripts are Phyton based. You can create your own pie menues too but you need to get your hands dirty with form editor. You can also record and save your own macros, as well as custom cfg file that contains your own custom palette configuration.