Applescript: Create a Folder from Files of Same Name but different Extension

Hi guys,
Racking my brain for the past 2 hours trying to figure out how to properly use Applescript but alas to no avail.
My problem is as follows.
xxxxxxx.extension1
xxxxxxx.extension2
yyyyyyy.extension1
yyyyyyy.extension2
zzzzzzz.extension1
zzzzzzz.extension2
I've been trying to create an applescript that takes files of same name and create a folder with the name of those files grabbed.
So ultimately it would look like
xxxxxxx/
     xxxxxxx.extension1
     xxxxxxx.extension2
yyyyyyy/
     yyyyyyy.extension1
     yyyyyyy.extension2
zzzzzzz/
     zzzzzzz.extension1
     zzzzzzz.extension2
Can some more more adept at this than me provide with a solution? It would be great if I could use by just selecting the folder that contains all these files.
Also can anyone suggest an beginner's book on Applescript? I'm a bit or an order freak and Im sure applescripting could help me automate a lot of repetitive tasks Im currently doing.
Thanks!

This will do what you need.
set source to (((path to desktop folder) as text) & "Test") as alias
tell application "System Events"
               set fnames to (name of every file of source)
end tell
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "."
repeat with fname in fnames
          try
               set folderName to text item 1 of fname
               if folderName is not "" then
                tell application "Finder"
                  if not (exists (folder folderName of source)) then
                      make new folder at source with properties {name:folderName}
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                 move file fname of folder source to folder folderName of source
             end tell
       end if
    end try
end repeat
(the code formatting here really s*?ks. select all the text in the box and right click and select services make new AppleScript to get it into the editor)
It's not very polished so be careful, setup some test folders and make sure it does what you want before using it on your live data.
You need to set the
set source to
line to the path of the folder where the files are. You can do that as an absolute path ie "Macintosh HD:Users:etc" or using the path to as in the example.
It is also not very efficient and there are many different ways to attack this problem. If this is a one time thing this will be fine. If it will be an ongoing situation you might want to describe exactly what is happening and other ways to solve the problem might be possible.
As for learning AppleScript start with the Apple Development Site, especially AppleScript Language Guide.
There are lots of sites out there with good info MacScripter being one of the better ones.
Book wise I really like Learn AppleScript by Apress. Its good as both a tutorial and reference and has a good intro to AppleScript Objective-C (a way Apple ahs setup to allow AppleScripts to access pure objective-c code and the OS X GUI).
good luck

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