I was very pleased to get third place with this entry into the T-Gen competition:

ARCHITECTURAL VISUALISER | TEXTURE ARTIST & 3D MODELLER for
BLACK MESA - A HL2 MODIFICATION | SOFTIMAGE , OCTANE RENDER, SHIVA 3D, REAPER.FM & SKETCHUP USER | HALFLIFE2 & ARMA2 MODDER | CMIVFX AFFILIATE | ANDROID / MOBILE DEVELOPER
(It) will do for particles, custom ops, and tools, etc what the render tree has done for custom look development. That is, open it up to many more people and increase the rate of development.Basically, it seems as if you will be able to add your own complex features based around existing operations perhaps without any coding experience.