Can I create a custom shelf without scripting? Coming from Maya, I find essential to have my own custom shelf with my most used shortcuts. Can I create one in Blender without scripting it with Python? I can script it if needed

EDIT: 
I'm refering to this: http://worldofleveldesign.com/categories/3d-game-modeling/beginner-series/images/11-mayalt-custom-shelf-01.jpg as the thing I'm looking for. In Maya you can press that little nut in the left to create new tabs and you can press Ctrl + Shift + Clic in any of the tools to create a shortcut inside that tab.
There is no way that I know of natively in blender without using python.
That said, basic ui stuff for blender is fairly simple, so long as you just want to chuck existing operators/functions on a panel.
See How to create a custom UI? for a quick intro.

If you don't want to learn python, you could try this paid addon (it claims to do more than just pie menus, side panels as well):
https://blendermarket.com/products/pie-menu-editor
(disclaimer: I have never used this addon, so I have no idea how well it works)