How did you guys learn coding?
bunch of youtube tutorials
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I watched tutorials on youtube and game creation series, it taught me alot. I also learnt coding from researching certain things on the devhub like remote events, functions etc.
Ah is python similar to lua i have a codecsdemy paid course atm (ik corny) im fluent in python and learning c++ would i need to learn lua too or is it similar enough to python that ill be fine
You will be fine if you know how to use python. Just research ROBLOX’s API and stuff. If you are learning c++ which is a very complicated language then you will be fine learning Lua because it is easier than python
Thanks, much appreciated ill be back in a year when i master lua and python🤣
Just get into it. Whatever language you are learning be it C++, C, Python, Lua, FORTRAN, etc… Get a complier with a text editor and start using other peoples code. Copy and paste it, compile it, and run it. Then change some variables and see what happens, change the number values they coded and see what happens, make it do something unpredictable, even cause it to crash. Repeat this, ad infinitum.
In fact, never stop doing this, there are billions upon billions of lines of code already written for you to mess around with. If you have something in particular you want to achieve, search for code examples, download or copy-paste, compile and run. Change it, try to break it, learn from others, forget tutorials unless you want something very specific and you can find no code or examples to bash into shape for your purpose.
Once you have done this often enough, write your own simple (very simple to start with, like finding numbers in a list, or sorting a list of numbers, etc.) routines using the knowledge of others as a springboard. Keep all of your own code always, always save it, and build a code-base of your own to draw on when you need to do something again. The longer you do this the more knowledge you will possess.
Most often, you will look back at your own code-base -weeks or months down the line- and be entirely baffled by your own logic in achieving something. This leads you to re-writing your own code because the knowledge you have now surpasses the knowledge you had when you originally wrote it.
Eat, sleep, repeat!
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thanks man, im also looking for a software engineering job back end or front end not sure yet. Im a highschooler so im still learning
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I watch tutorials, but mostly I learn from other developers. I used to have a game (basically a copy of another game that is leaked, I don’t develop that anymore btw. You can probably learn from toolbox too) I remember seeing all the scripts for the first time and went “What is this?” “Huh?” “???” But overtime, I learned more from their scripts about how this works, how that works, and how everything works… I experiment with new things… And; now I can implement my own stuff without copying from others!
(Oops. I didn’t realise this was outside of RBLX studio, but I think you can still use the method to learn from other developers stuff to improve, just dont copy paste.)
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- #development-discussion is where the topic should be moved to
- Free models which sucks
- Documentation which is horribly written
Yes im a bad scripter 
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If you talk about luau then i learned by this tutorials:Beginner's Roblox Scripting Tutorial #1 - Roblox Studio Basics (Beginner to Pro 2019) - YouTube
And this tutorials:Advanced Roblox Scripting Tutorial #1 - Tools (Beginner to Pro 2019) - YouTube
Also some stuffs are deprecated if it is then try to find new changes to them here:Roblox Creator Documentation
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You just need to click on button which looks like dandruff in right,top near your picture to search for documentation about what you want.
I started learning scripting about when I was 4. Obviously it was roblox (luau) back then. It seemed hard for me, so I stopped it. About 3 years ago, I started learning it again and I am doing it to now. When I knew some basics about lua, I started learning C++ and SQL, and now I am learning front-end languages (html, css, js) and ruby. Learning C++ wasnt easy. I spent about 9 months learning it, but I think those months were good. SQL was much easier.
If you really want learn coding, I would suggest:
- youtube
- looking at other people’s codes (I think it is the best way to learn)
Spoken like a true developer, I agree with this guy’s message. Expose yourself to more code every day. Make no mistake, someone can code better than you, take advantage of this. Also learn why people code different ways, I noticed in roblox there are 100 different ways to script something. Unless you dig into why its written 100 different times and learn you will just go down an endless road. Also changing variables is perfect example of expanding your knowledge. You should always add too, for example if your coding a game about farming and selling crops and find code online, add to it, like a stock market system.
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Next time, search across DevForum before posting a topic.