How would I learn coding easier?

[AlsoSulfate]

i feel like with all the people creating small games and wanting to learn more about languages, a nice thread storing a bunch of books, pdfs, tutorials, videos, etc on coding as well as projects people have up for public would stay alive fairly long, it'd also allow us to ask each other for help quickly and so on

i'm searching for a previous coding megathread but nothings coming up

http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=213238.0

it's a little old now ..

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i feel like with all the people creating small games and wanting to learn more about languages, a nice thread storing a bunch of books, pdfs, tutorials, videos, etc on coding as well as projects people have up for public would stay alive fairly long, it'd also allow us to ask each other for help quickly and so on

i'm searching for a previous coding megathread but nothings coming up

make one

pls

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http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=213238.0

it's a little old now ..

yeah okay there it is, "programming megathread", should've guessed

but that one isn't entirely helpful, being just a set of lists of types of programming, with really nothing else to offer other than an area for discussion
i'm talking about an OP that stuns you with links so you can travel about the internet, learn, and then return and tell everyone about what super cool stuff you found.
like just a loving ridiculous amount of links to look at.

make one

pls

well the reason i'm nudging so hard in anyone elses' direction is because i'm sort of one-sighted, knowing really only one language, it'd be hard to piece together a good OP with little knowledge of anything else.

[Stocking]

the best way to learn how to code is to decompile programs of the kind you want to make and figuring out how they work.

for example, if you want to learn Lua, Roblox is a great place to start. download levels with really complicated coding and just look at it, pick it apart, and figure out what commands do by actually watching them in action

[Kingdaro]

ROBLOX uses a hugely modified version of lua to make it so that 8 year olds can "script".
Don't rely on ROBLOX to teach you lua. Learn it from some actual websites, and not some MMORPG for kids. (no offense)

Roblox Lua isn't modified in the slightest. I'm sure there are one or two roblox-specific syntaxes that I can't really remember using, but it's still Lua. "Roblox Lua" is really just Lua with a different set of API functions tailored to Roblox's game environment.

The Roblox wiki is a very, very good source for learning Lua, because a lot of advanced topics are explained in a very easy to understand manner, with little differences in practical application outside of Roblox.

[Electro]

roblox lua is hard as stuff lol

[Stocking]

roblox lua is hard as stuff lol

no it's not. it's coding for babies. i'm a girl and i can code mechs in roblox.

[Electro]

i don't understand it frankly, read the wiki millions of times and nothing.

[Stocking]

i don't understand it frankly, read the wiki millions of times and nothing.

dont read the wiki

want to learn how to code a vehicle?

1. download vehicle
2. look at code
3. make a vehicle based on the code you're looking at
4. try to make your vehicle do something different and crazy based off what you learned
5. repeat

[Pyndul]

no it's not. it's coding for babies. i'm a girl and i can code mechs in roblox.

How is your ability to code affected by gender in any way?

[Kingdaro]

How is your ability to code affected by gender in any way?

She's joking.

i don't understand it frankly, read the wiki millions of times and nothing.

You can't magically have coding skills after going through the wiki. As ottosparks stated, skill comes through experience. If you actually apply your knowledge as you collect it, you're much more likely to retain and build upon it in a productive manner.

[AlsoSulfate]

How is your ability to code affected by gender in any way?

you must be new here

[Electro]

lol ruby is so loving easy

Code: [Select]

print "What is your name?"
name = get.chomp
name = "Bob"
put "Your name is #{name}!"

[NalNalas]

pYTHON NOW

[Stocking]

How is your ability to code affected by gender in any way?

girls arent as smart as boys and have trouble understanding things like math and logic

cmon everyone knows this stuff