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It's not too difficult.
This is a good guide
I would always recommend using a heatproof matt to go between pipe and walls / back of cupboards. It saves potentially very costly fire related boo-boos.
Out of curiosity, when you say compression fitting, are you talking threaded compression olive ones? If so, you could consider push fit pipe fittings, which are the easiest and great for tight spaces.
Bobbo-
Thanks, yes I was talking about threaded olive fittings. I had a nightmare with push fit fittings and not 100% straight pipe (plastic pipe bought in a roll) in the past so don't really like using them, plus they are ugly as. Got a few more plumbing jobs to do and expect more to be added to the list as we find out more about the house so would like to do things "properly".
Arducius
How hard is soldering copper pipe? After wrestling with compression joints all evening yesterday I did, in the end, finally have the dishwasher plumbed in but I feel like learning to solder would have made the job a lot easier.
And we have a sink with a big strainer, are they standard sizes? I ask because it has a food waste macerator attached to it which we don't want and is leaking from within the unit itself so I need to remove it and fit a new trap/waste pipe and maybe a new strainer if the existing one is integrated into the unit below which it looks like it could be.
Ideally I just want to swap it out for a new one with standard BSP thread to fit a new 40mm trap/waste which I can connect up to the existing waste pipe.