AlvinBlox vs TheDevking vs Peaspod? Which one is better?
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As great as they are making tutorials, a lot of the time they only teach you to copy things, you will never learn how to program doing so. in my opinion rather study roblox’s API, & use other resources, although for your real answer I’d say Alvin, not that I have anything against DevKing.
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I believe that they both are great. Though I haven’t used them for tutorials I have watched both of their videos. It depends on what you’re in the mood for. AlvinBlox speaks very clearly, and his videos are very high quality. While TheDevKing provides a lot of information in the little time you’re watching his videos. For begginers though, I’d reccomend AlvinBlox! Hope this helps!
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i use alvinblox but i don’t use his code, I just use it when I need to know a certain thing like how to use playerentered
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Thanks! Also I am a bit confused on what you mean by copy things. Do you mean they tell their audience to use free models or stuff like that?
they make you follow along with them instead of you doing it yourself
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No, he means that mostly people just look at his code and copy it directly into their explorer. While this can be true, I don’t agree on the fact that you won’t learn anything. In-fact, research shows copying something down (such as notes) helps you to better understand the subject at hand. When I was a begginer scripter, and we switched to FE, AlvinBlox helped me with remote events so. Yes he’s good, I think.
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False, A major of their tutorials include copying lines of lua, or using kits they’ve made.
& As @WBostonW & @JayShepherdMD Stated.
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I mean I still learn from them. I copy their code and change some stuff and play with the code myself, so I don’t necessarily think its bad.
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Alvin is okay for beginners. However, he uses a lot of malpractices that people use as a result, but it’s honestly up to you. I’ve not watched any of TheDevKing’s videos so I can’t give a reasonable comparison.
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Oh. So I guess watching youtube tutorials isn’t the best way to learn scripting. So how do you think I should learn scripting, what are some better resources?
As i stated you could generally study the APi It’s self, although everyone has different ways of learning Lua. so my only advise is just do what you seem is easiest for you.
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I believe that you should watch tutorials on Youtube to get the gist of it first. Then, I think you should go on the Roblox scripting API site, it’s really helpful, although useless if you have no idea on scripting. So start with the basics, then go to API.
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I personally learned from AlvinBlox but im sure both are good. If I were you I would watch both. watching both can help with specific things. Also watch Roblox’s tutorial which is really helpful.
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It really depends. Most tutorials by YouTubers (including the two you mentioned) really just go line by line explaining what each line does in a script they are making to preform the task of the video.
In my opinion, most of their tutorials don’t teach you scripting itself as they only mention the parts needed to accomplish the goal.
Better is subjective. It depends what you want to learn and are trying to accomplish. Let’s say you want to make Jailbreak, then by all means you should watch the How to Make a Rob-able Bank and How to Make A Shooting Gun tutorials by AlvinBlox. But, if you are trying to **learn the fundamentals of Lua programming ** in order to be able to make anything, not just what a specific tutorial video is, then you should find a resource either here on the DevForum, possibly on a third party website, or even on YouTube (there are not many great ones on YT in my opinion tho) that teaches the fundamentals and built in functions.
To sum up, you should watch YT tutorials if you need to make a specific script for your game and you can find a video that does exactly that, but if you want to learn programming so that you can do anything, try to find guides on Lua.
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Thanks! I will do that! Thanks for the help.
I think that TheDevKing would be easier to understand because other people have made games by watching his tutorials.
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For beginner tutorials, I think AlvinBlox is a good way to start your scripting journey. In my opinion i only find TheDevKings advanced tutorials useful. Either way, just watch whatever suits you. 
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Alright I think that answered all my doubts. Although I think that Roblox’s Lua isn’t the exact same as normal Lua.
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They both make great tutorials. AlvinBlox creates tutorials that go straight to the point and tells you what each line of code does. TapWater creates tutorials that usually aren’t as in depth.
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