is scripting like eventing?

[Kwame]

is scripting like eventing or is it like server scripting

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[Marios]

Er, no. If it were to be like that, there wouldn't be all those fancy gamemodes and add-ons you find today. Eventing is a Blockland-exclusive feature, which does look like a programming language and has some challenge into it, but is not like other programming languages you see.

Yes, Eventing is indeed considered a programming language, but it's not really a "professional" one.

You know what computer programming languages look like, right?

[Ipquarx]

Not really no. You could in theory make a comparison between the two, but in general programming is used to do much more complex things than events are. If you tried to do programming stuff in events, you'd have a tough time. As well if you tried to emulate exactly, events in coding, you'd have a bit of a tough time as well. Not as much of a tough time as the reverse, but still at least a bit tougher.

This is programming:
function Factorial(%n)
{
    return %n <= 1 ? 1 : %n * Factorial(%n - 1);
}

This is eventing:
onProjectileHit -> Self -> setColor -> Red

[Drydess]

The concept is similar, although it's a lot more hands-on. Like, you're able to define your own functions and variables rather than only using the preset eventing ones.
Also the formatting is a lot different.

[Kwame]

where do i start to program

[Drydess]

This was a good starter tutorial for me.

[Kwame]

ok thx

[SuperFlaminninja³]

@venting is like Pseudo scripting

[Shift Kitty]

Scripting isn't like eventing.
But seeing how events are scripted, the reverse is somewhat true.
Eventing is kind of like scripting. Or is at least a big shortcut to scripting. But very limited.