What are your favorite Roblox developer resources?

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. Anaminusā€™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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Honestly this feature has been the single most influential update to speed up my development time

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Particularly how it gives the input datatypes and sometimes the short description

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Any tutorial on the wiki will do for me.

API Reference, definitely.
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:thinking: I think nearly everyone has put down what Iā€™ve said.

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@EgoMooseā€™s tutorials on the wiki (http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=User:EgoMoose/Articles) are useful if youā€™re learning about the practical applications of vector math.

I also like reading @Maximum_ADHDā€™s detailed change logs he posts on the forums: https://devforum.roblox.com/t/roblox-version-323-is-live/

Other than that, like everyone else said, I just google the name of the API I need a reference to and it tends to pop up as the first result.

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  • API Reference
  • Lua.org
  • Devforums
  • Plugins
  • @Maximum_ADHD (His little experiment sessions are really useful to watch/read)
  • Discord dev communities (Please donā€™t ban me for saying this :frowning: )
  • Stack overflow
  • Google
  • Scripting subforum posts (Before the public forums were removedā€¦)
  • ACM.orgā€™s digital library
    Iā€™m sure thereā€™s a lot more, but thatā€™s a good sample of the tools I use.
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I mainly use the API reference in the wiki as itā€™s extremely helpful.

API reference. I find myself constantly searching items on the wiki.

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Roblox Wiki
http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=String_pattern
http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=CFrame
Lua.org
API Reference

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API Reference, I find it a very useful, even though sometimes the examples do not explain much.

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Definitely API Reference, but also some pages like Camera Manipulation and the Global Namespace pages.

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ScriptingHelpers.org, even though itā€™s been a while since I asked a question, I feel like itā€™s a great tool for even the most experienced scripters who need some help looking at code once in a while.

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API reference on 100%

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hands down the API Reference.

API reference, but I also love the advanced tutorials, the articles on the lua systems and some of the user-published articles (EgoMoosesā€™ given me a good understanding in vector math that I never had).

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The wiki is my most used resource. Iā€™m terrible at remembering syntax so I relookup the same thing over and over. I use the cookbook too (same purpose).

Not sure if this is applicable but Iā€™ve been using IMSLP a lot recently to get PD sheet music and transpose it to electronic instruments (So I donā€™t have to pay someone for stock music).

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The nearly 10 years of archives the scripters forum posts created were great.

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