Where do you guys learn coding from?

Taking other developer's scripts apart, and learning what made them tick. And then as you start writing your own code, you're going to see that your style of writing code changes over time. I've gone through... 5 major changes? And as you mentioned, the wiki. That wiki is your gmod bible. It explains every function, library, hook, etc. I keep it open whenever I'm writing code for my scripts.

CodeBlue's youtube tutorials, he's a great tutor - Then, again, practice, practice and as Richard said, I got stuck somewhere - Tried my hacky ways and imagination, if that didn't work, then taking other devs scripts apart :)

ByRichardat 1st of May 2017 16:23:28

Taking other developer's scripts apart, and learning what made them tick. And then as you start writing your own code, you're going to see that your style of writing code changes over time. I've gone through... 5 major changes? And as you mentioned, the wiki. That wiki is your gmod bible. It explains every function, library, hook, etc. I keep it open whenever I'm writing code for my scripts.

Exact same.

I liked making websites so I just started doing it, whatever you like to do will be easier to understand than forcing yourself to do something like Lua.

Making a discord bot in lua taught me a lot though, and that carried into gmod with some help from friends.

I was born a programming god. I didn't learn how to code, I taught the code how to be.

ByMarcuzat 1st of May 2017 22:27:18

I was born a programming god. I didn't learn how to code, I taught the code how to be.

how about u actually answer this stuff seriously? i'm curious too

How dare you speak to god that way.... careful, he's going to turn you into a frog.

And since you drew attention to yourself [Postino] -- why have you disputed 50% of the scripts you own?

ByRichardat 1st of May 2017 22:42:55

How dare you speak to god that way.... careful, he's going to turn you into a frog.And since you drew attention to yourself [Postino] -- why have you disputed 50% of the scripts you own?

i wanted to dispute a script a while back because the author simply didn't answer for what is two months by now and i fucked up, but in the meantime i disputed the wrong script

i severely apologized to the owner of the wrong script and immediately cancelled the dispute, and i got the script back

I'll PM you, so we don't derail this thread. Carry on with the original topic.

Yeah, I kinda just learned from other things. I took a class in school that required javascript so that helped.

ByLunaversity.xyz 🌸at 1st of May 2017 22:00:30

I liked making websites so I just started doing it, whatever you like to do will be easier to understand than forcing yourself to do something like Lua.Making a discord bot in lua taught me a lot though, and that carried into gmod with some help from friends.

Just because you like making websites doesn't mean you are good at it :P jk. You only need to work on front end. (Don't worry, I have no visual skills, too)

ByRichardat 1st of May 2017 16:23:28

Taking other developer's scripts apart, and learning what made them tick. And then as you start writing your own code, you're going to see that your style of writing code changes over time. I've gone through... 5 major changes? And as you mentioned, the wiki. That wiki is your gmod bible. It explains every function, library, hook, etc. I keep it open whenever I'm writing code for my scripts.

That's good. Is it hard at first? Then gets easier as it goes on? Or is just everything hard?

ByMr. Unknownat 1st of May 2017 23:07:29

Thanks good. Is it hard at first? Then gets easier as it goes on? Or is just everything hard?

That depends on the script that you take apart. Maybe set up a local gmod server and start fucking around. Look at examples and start seeing what they do. Once you start figuring it out, it becomes almost like a second language.

ByMr. Unknownat 1st of May 2017 23:07:29

Thanks good. Is it hard at first? Then gets easier as it goes on? Or is just everything hard?

If you have no previous experience with programming; it can be a challenge yeah. But it does get easier over time. You'll start reading code and understand what it does right off the bat. It's all trial and error. Plugging something in, seeing if it works -- finding better ways to make it work. But with enough practice, you'll be able to do things more easily as time progresses.

Okay, thanks for all the advance. I always wanted to learn how to script, just didnt know where to start

ByMr. Unknownat 1st of May 2017 23:16:03

Okay, thanks for all the advance. I always wanted to learn how to script, just didnt know where to start

Roblox scripts

ByPostinoat 1st of May 2017 22:36:17

how about u actually answer this stuff seriously? i'm curious too

Because the way I learnt is the same way as Richard pretty much, extremely standard.

anyone remember MrCosmicSeagull ?

true hero, one of those people who teaches with analogies to make it easier to understand

MrCosmicSeagull is an amazing person.