Update on my mod!

I've decided to split my mod up into multiple mods to make things easier on myself. (Though I'm mainly going to work on the ENA mod, since that's what I started with.) It's occurred to me that I don't know how to properly code a Minecraft mod (I'm using MCreator and thinking of using it as a base and not just using it for everything) let alone animate a blockbench model. Is there any advice that anyone can give me? Maybe a clothing design for some of the models? (I have way too many.)