My parents want me to learn programming by playing Roblox.

[TheBlackParrot]

I found the Studio part of the game helpful actually.

Learned the basics of Lua off of it a few years back.

[Ad Bot]

[.:FancyPants:.]

My parents put my brother and me into a college for a week in a dorm in June (despite being 13 because it was an event being hosted), and I chose to learn C++. How easy is it? :C

[pecon98]

The syntax of torque is almost exactly the same as C++, if you know torque syntax then you are already one step ahead.

[Skorpion]

Concentrate on talking about the LUA script.
This isn't a thread for talking about how you think Roblox is stuff.

[Jerkface]

To get better at defending myself and calculating statistics, I should play WoW for hours on end per day.  Just to... you know... watch how my Paladin uses a shield and a sword to-

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[zookuw]

meak geamz with LUA!

If they really want to force you to learn a coding language why not code for Garry's Mod?

[Nickelob Ultra]

lol lua.

learn something useful.

[fred da kiko]

Learn java or c++, they would be more useful unless lua takes over.

[Headcrab Zombie]

I could understand "forcing" you if they money for the book and didn't want it to be wasted.
But even if that's the case, they still should have given you a choice, and something better than lua.
Many people are recommending java or C++. You could learn the basic in standalone programs, then if you want to do something game-related, you could do Minecraft plugins with Java, or I don't know what with C++.

Not that learning Lua is a complete waste though; the hardest part of learning programming is the concepts, once you've got that, learning a new language is pretty much just learning the syntax and a few other things specific to the language.

[fred da kiko]

Wasn't blockland programmed in C++?

[Headcrab Zombie]

The engine was, but add-ons aren't

[Kalphiter]

The engine was, but add-ons aren't

no it was c# because .cs means c#!!1

[Skorpion]

Learn Lua then once thats done and you've done something with it move on to another program.

[Grassy]

Ok, cool, you're going back to Roblox.

It's still a building game T_T

[zmaster]

I started hard with C++ 4.0 (came in a two CD case with C++ 3.0 16bit)
No auto suggest was an epic pain.
I'd start with java or C# and not Visual basic.
Visual basic is almost unique due to it's syntax and will make it hard to learn any other language.

If you want to go really hard try assembly (best only if you have a delorian that can take you to the 1960s or if you want to program operating systems).