Actaully it's aimed at beginners. I kept it very simple and easy to pickup.

But I'd recommend you do your Pong game first so you get the basic concepts in programming with graphics first. I actually had some fun with Arkanoid/Breakout and pong when I was first learning myself. Made a ton of versions with different features.

If you get really stuck you can take a look at the provided source that I have in my tutorial as it shows you how to use JEDI-SDL properly. Give or take whatever setting I have that are geared towards the game being made.