Well I personally had no experience, and I decided to do a soil grow. It was tedious, slow, and I didn't like the mess soil made. I strongly suggest hydro, because its cheaper than people think and it works WONDERS!
You could probably spend under 50 dollars to set up a hydro system ( just for the very basics).
If you want to grow hydro and your lookin to take the same route as I did, i'll be happy to chat about the setup.