Ozzypig
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| 09 Nov 2011 03:35 PM |
(Posted as a shout to the Scripting Helpers group) Just a quick survey of habits.
How often do you read the ROBLOX Wiki? Every time? Never? Do you memorize the important things, then forget the specifics? Why?
If you could change one of your habits of reading about scripting, what would it be and why?
~Ozzy roblox.com/my/groups.aspx?gid=372 |
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| 09 Nov 2011 03:45 PM |
I read the Wiki when I forget specific functions, such as the table manipulation. I mostly look in the function dump I memorize the basic skelleton of the code, but the specifics of the code I usually render the wiki.
If I had to change one of my habbits, I would probably try to memorize more of the syntax. |
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Tenal
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DXPower
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| 09 Nov 2011 06:09 PM |
| I read it when ever I feel like learning something new myself, or when I encounter a problem in my code. I always use Object Browser before wiki, wiki before Scripting Helpers (The forum), then, my Primary group, Scripting Helpers! |
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DXPower
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| 09 Nov 2011 06:13 PM |
{Forgot a question!}
What would I change about my habits? Well, I would try to remember more of the arguments in functions like OnPlayerRemoving. Why I can't remember arguments easily? Random arguments make my brain scramble up into its own encrypted data (For some reason, when ever I think of something, it is numbers... Thus making me decode it... Only sometimes though.), making me forget the arguments to a function I don't use regularly. |
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| 09 Nov 2011 06:13 PM |
I usually read the wiki when looking up a specific object, event, method, function, etc. I usually memorize the syntax, and general idea of the thing, but I forget specifics at occasion. The thing I'd change is to stop having the urge to skim through it to find something. This makes me often miss what I'm trying to find, as well as missing things I could have learned. |
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krodon
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| 09 Nov 2011 06:15 PM |
How often do you read the ROBLOX Wiki? Every time? Never? Sometimes, when I was looking how to script, but I didn't understand it(SML helped me through videos)
Do you memorize the important things, then forget the specifics? Why? I couldn't even understand it....
If you could change one of your habits of reading about scripting, what would it be and why? Uh, maybe to..... Actually fully understand it? |
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neongoo51
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| 11 Nov 2011 07:17 AM |
| I don't need to do a lot of scripting, because the most things I do does not contain scripts. But sometimes, I experiment with RBX.Lua objects, and I often open the wiki when I do that. |
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ZizZazZuz
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| 11 Nov 2011 08:42 AM |
I read the wiki all the time. I have fallen into a habit of clicking 'Random Page' over and over, just trying to find something new.
I go to the output first, SH (Here) second, and the wiki if I have to. I don't use the wiki to fix problems hardly ever.
I don't forget the basics, except occasionally that it's 'if == then', not if = then'.
If I could change one habit, it would be to stick with my projects. I have ADD, so that's VERY difficult. I have over 50 unfinished projects saved to my comp. |
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| 11 Nov 2011 09:49 AM |
| I only read the wiki when I really HAVE to. I really dont think it's all that reliable because of it being sorta outdated and hard to understand. When I first started scripting, I had no Idea what it was talking about, so I just pretended to read it. Then when you sorta know a little about scripting, I read it again, and It sorta made sense. it just doesn't cover what I need to know. |
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flams2000
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| 11 Nov 2011 01:57 PM |
I dont really read it...
~flams2000 |
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| 11 Nov 2011 02:52 PM |
I tend to read the wiki when I'm working with anything new or when anything new comes out, but i primarily use the function dump.
oddly enough i seem to memorize things that relate to scripting/programing fairly easily. Once i've made something out of what i've learned i seem to never forget it, although i occasionally mix up the mouse events for gui,tools, and hopperbins.
the one thing i would change about the way i script would probally be organization/indentation of code. |
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Pyzothon
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| 11 Nov 2011 03:02 PM |
How often do you read the ROBLOX Wiki? Every time? Never?
- I read the ROBLOX Wiki every time I either run into a problem in my code, or if it has specific information (like how to make an elevator).
Do you memorize the important things, then forget the specifics? Why?
- I do exactly that, though I do not forget much. Occasionally the Wiki can be confusing. For example, on the article for the elseif statement, it kept repeating that it does NOT require an end. Then, when I reread the article on the else statement I didn't notice anything about any ends being required for it. This made me think that it did in fact require an end because of the repetition in the elseif statement article about the end.
If you could change one of your habits of reading about scripting, what would it be and why?
- I would change my habits to try and fully take in what I'm reading, not just read it and say, "Oh, so a for loop makes something repeat a set amount of times. All I have to do is use this variable (i) every time and make sure if I'm looping through children to use those weird brackets!" |
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| 11 Nov 2011 03:11 PM |
| I find the article on the section that I need reference for. Once I learn something from the wiki, I don't really forget it, unless it's something like the patterns in string.format. I don't know what habits I'd change, since most things I do in scripting and reading seem to be fine. |
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SDuke524
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| 13 Nov 2011 10:51 AM |
| I read it when I forget something or want to double check that I'm using a function and/or method right. I also check the wiki for errors or if there's something new I want to add. Except it's freakin broken, so that's always annoying. |
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ZizZazZuz
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| 14 Nov 2011 12:22 PM |
| It's broken!? NOOOOOOES! D: |
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