What are your favorite Roblox developer resources?

Same goes for me… however my friends are also a decent resource :slightly_smiling_face:

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Definitely the API reference, that’s all I really use at the moment lol

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http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=Global_namespace/String_manipulation
http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=Global_namespace/Mathematical_functions
http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=Camera_manipulation

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Anything that consists of developers live streaming how they program or develop what they’re working on.

Off the top of my head, @Locard @Crazyblox & @Dysplexus are some livestreamers I watch develop

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I always use the search function to directly go to the API reference so I can learn more about the methods, events and classes. It’s the most direct way to learn more. Unfortunately, a lot of API reference pages are missing documentation or examples.

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Blender rig exporter/animation importer – MoCap animations on ROBLOX

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ROBLOX API Reference
Roblox Wiki
Lua org
EgoMoose Articles
CodingMaths YouTube channel.

Probably got more, but those are the most relevant in my developer career.

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Similarly,
https://twitter.com/egomoose?lang=en

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I find Extra Credits to be essential when learning game development. Learning how to do stuff is great, but learning when and why to use it is just as important.

Game Design: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5BkTruCmaBBZ8z6cP9KzPiX
Writing for Games: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5ATCznEwJx794x4RMuYNZLN
Games in Education: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5BIUqSDPmfBuKjTN2QBv9wI

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I am a resource :sunglasses:

I also like @Anaminusgithub.io pages
https://anaminus.github.io/api/

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I don’t save anything. I just Google “roblox wiki >topic here<” since the site feels slow to navigate at times.

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For me when anyone who knows a little bit about programming wants to get into roblox/lua my goto is PIL:
http://www.lua.org/pil/contents.html

A book written by the chief architect of Lua, and available online for free? yes please.

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API and plugins.

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The Roblox namespace page is pretty helpful.
It tells you about the Roblox-native Lua APIs and functions that you can directly access from scripts.
http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=Global_namespace/Roblox_namespace

When I was an editor on the wiki, I worked really hard to make the API Class Reference a helpful tool for people who are looking for quick information about objects.
http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=API:Class_reference

It’s not perfect by any means; examples are a bit scarce and it requires some trial and error to make things work right, but I did my best to provide a general idea of what each member does, and to provide some more contextual metadata for organization.

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I used to use old forum posts but since they’re gone I just ask others now

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Incomplete list of Roblox web endpoints. Still super useful.

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https://anaminus.github.io/api/

This is the only thing I use with few exceptions. For things that use dictionaries like GetProductInfo I use the wiki to find the params. Anaminus’s site is extremely easy and painless to use. I always have at least one tab for it.

It has fast search, high information density, nothing is ever hidden, and contains almost all the API info you could want.

Edit: Also the CoreScripts repo is often useful

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I use these:

http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=Web_APIs

and the also-updated version:

http://api.roblox.com/docs

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UserInputService. I can never remember all of its idiosyncrasies.

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