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| 17 Sep 2016 02:30 PM |
http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=Intro_to_Scripting
Is this wiki article a helpful way to start getting into scripting in Lua or am I just wasting my time here? How did the most of you learn how to script and how long did it take you to get pretty good at it?
Please let me know. I'm really interested in programming and I'd love to do it as my living.
Also another question. How old were you guys when you started to learn how to script? I'm 15 right now and soon to be 16. I know some people who started out pretty young. Is 16 too late to get into programming? Do you think it'll be a waste of time and it wouldn't get me a good job later in the future?
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Repsej112
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| 17 Sep 2016 02:37 PM |
The wiki tutorials are really helpful, they will teach you the correct way to script. 16 is absolutely not too late. |
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Kodran
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| 17 Sep 2016 02:41 PM |
First off RBLXlua is different than regular lua. I think its a good 'baby steps' for someone who has absolutely no idea what they're doing. I learned to script after coming back from a long break from roblox and I just practiced a lot to get good at it. I learned to script when I was 16 and I still am 16. RBLXlua won't get you a job that makes real money. Look into learning C or C++ or C# if you want to program for a living.
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Shiro75
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| 17 Sep 2016 02:42 PM |
| I don't think it's too late for you. I've been on Roblox for a while, but I think I've improved a lot only just recently. I started off making a really simple menu gui in 2012 for a friend, and I've just been learning more in my attempts to make different things with the wiki and free models(might sound bad, but looking at the scripts of things already made can help you learn) as resources. I'm around your age now too, and I'm applying what I've learned about Lua to Arduino circuits that we use in my science club. There are a bunch of different programming languages, but application between them is very much possible. I think it would be a good investment of your time; Roblox can be a pretty fun platform to start on as well. |
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| 17 Sep 2016 02:44 PM |
I should say learning one programming language will make learning others easier.
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Shiro75
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| 17 Sep 2016 02:46 PM |
| ^ Just curious, which one did you learn first? And through what method? |
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| 17 Sep 2016 02:47 PM |
| Ignore ###### #### ##### Learn something like Java as your first language, it's a good base for everything else pretty much. |
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| 17 Sep 2016 02:48 PM |
I learned rblxlua first and i've taken classes on c++ but don't use it that much because its hard to come up with ideas on what to make
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Shiro75
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| 17 Sep 2016 02:59 PM |
I understand RBXLua is something only meant for this platform but I think it's a start to get into knowing how to program since it isn't really that hard of a language than other far more popular programming languages out there. And I do want to learn Javascript, Java, C+ and other languages but the tutorials are sometimes a little hard to understand because English isn't my first language and also I'd get too easily distracted. I feel like the only way to actually learn and get good at those other languages is to take classes at school and learn them there which I do want to. I really want to pursue this.
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| 17 Sep 2016 03:18 PM |
If i where you, i would learn java i am right now, its very nice.
package yolo; public class main { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.prinln("Hello, World!"); } } |
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| 17 Sep 2016 03:29 PM |
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palav
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| 17 Sep 2016 08:03 PM |
The RBLX Wiki can teach you everything to the point where you can code major things by yourself, so yes, it's helpful.
Many succesful programmers started programming well over the age of 20, so 16 is perfectly fine. |
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Aethex
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| 17 Sep 2016 08:42 PM |
"First off RBLXlua is different than regular lua" lol what "RBXLua" (it's actually RBX.Lua), _is_ "regular lua". ROBLOX literally just has some features disabled so that people can't inje######icious code directly onto a client, but besides that, it's just a big library. They're not different languages, they're both just Lua.
@OP I didn't use that tutorial, though the documentation on the wiki is a great way to learn material. I first got into HTML around fourth or fifth grade, and the summer into sixth I had learned HTML, CSS, JS, and PHP (this was the year I learned Lua as well). Sometime between 3rd-5th was also C# (mainly for Unity). I've also learned many more languages after that, though your question just specified when starting to learn how to script. Fifteen or sixteen isn't really that late (at least you're starting before college). Computer Science and Programming in general are great fields to get jobs in as the demand for them increases. It most likely will get you a great job, so it's not a waste of time, no. |
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Aethex
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| 17 Sep 2016 08:43 PM |
| That says ####### malicious code", there's no reason for any part of those two words to be censored. |
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Aethex
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| 17 Sep 2016 08:44 PM |
| at least that's better, you can probably infer what the first word was (yes, it had an opening quote in it) |
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Salinas23
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| 17 Sep 2016 09:34 PM |
I'm almost 19, started learning at my late 17's.
Its NEVER TOO LATE. And yes, wiki is a great teacher, but NOT PERFECT.
The wiki is the dictionary, but a dictionary doesn't teach you how to build up sentences. You know the words, now you have to learn how to use them. |
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| 17 Sep 2016 09:37 PM |
| Roblox's Lua implementation is a lot more complicated than just "some features disabled." |
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| 17 Sep 2016 09:43 PM |
| the way I learned. https://www.youtube.com/user/PeasFactory/videos |
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Aethex
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| 18 Sep 2016 11:24 AM |
| @mr_smellyman Not really. They have a large library implemented into Lua and that's what differentiates it from regular Lua. Aside from those features disabled, it _is_ the same language. It's not as though they made major source code changes when they sand-boxed it. |
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