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Re: Great Start for Learning LUA?

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sockboat is not online. sockboat
Joined: 05 Oct 2016
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16 Oct 2016 02:05 AM
Hi! I want to learn LUA to create games with my friends, and I'm already practicing Haskell98 so I know some things. But for you scripters, how did you learn, and what's your recommended source? Thanks for reading.
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bosswalrus is not online. bosswalrus
Joined: 04 Jan 2013
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16 Oct 2016 02:11 AM
my recommended source is the book the creator of lua wrote
its for lua 5.0 but itll do

lua.
org/pil/contents
.html

i highly recommend learning lua before diving into ROBLOX
itll help u 100%%%%

i learned by wasting my time starting with roblox and watching horrible video tutorials
dont do that
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Pheserus is not online. Pheserus
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16 Oct 2016 02:18 AM
I learned programming with C/C++, but with that knowledge it was easy to switch over to java and Lua.

Its all about understanding the how things like variables, functions, loops, and the rest work and you will find that many languages of that paradigm are fairly similar.

I can't speak for learning sources on Lua other than the documentation, but that might not be newbie friendly. But once you've grasped the basics you'll be needing it for sure.
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xxContentCool is not online. xxContentCool
Joined: 06 Oct 2016
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16 Oct 2016 02:39 AM
I need to learn lua, im just a good builder I need a scripter I understand u
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Pheserus is not online. Pheserus
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16 Oct 2016 02:55 AM
If either of you have any questions or need help with understanding Lua, I might be able to help you out. Just add me if you're interested.
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Bobbybillyhi is not online. Bobbybillyhi
Joined: 10 Apr 2012
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16 Oct 2016 03:17 AM
I would advise a tutorial on MS Small Basic to get you used to programming in a simple environment, and just play around on ROBLOX - that's how I've learnt.
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bosswalrus is not online. bosswalrus
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16 Oct 2016 03:22 AM
i would not advise that
you dont have to learn another language to learn a language
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Bobbybillyhi is not online. Bobbybillyhi
Joined: 10 Apr 2012
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16 Oct 2016 04:05 AM
That's true, but Small Basic and Lua are extremely similar (other than functions) in the logic and skills behind them, and Small Basic is probably easier to get started with then ROBLOX Lua.

But each to his own :)
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