Whats the best way to learn the basics and the advanced stuff about scripting

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im not really sure if its appropriate to be asking here about how to get better at scripting but ive always found myself hitting a brick wall and not really being able to do more than the basics without help from game copies, tutorials or asking scripter friends via discord for assistance

i dont really think i should be needing all that and spending hours on really simple things and i was just curious if anyone here could help me out
i dont mean anyone here helping me out by tutoring but just like recommending me a youtube tutorial playlist or a good way of experimenting and making things which help well with learning

thanks

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while i have learned scripting through 1 youtube tutorial, the best way to learn scripting might be to use the devforum of roblox by searching how to like smth and then copy the code if u find smth that might work and the most important stuff understand why it works

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Learn by doing. You learn by the mistakes you make along the way.

Whenever you make a small “part” of something, like making a door move, a windmill spin, a coin being able to be picked up, and much more - you will at some point realise, that you can combine those small bits of knowledge, to create something larger.

Any game is made out of small bits, some of those bits are connected, some of them af independant. Like daily rewards has no direct code-connection to the “gameplay” but may have connection with datastore.

Something I had trouble with, when I started out were: When do I need to add an “end” to something?
And when do I need to write “end)” instead of just “end”?

I at some point realised that whenever you start something, you’ll also have to end something. This could be for an if statement, for loop and more. (With a repeat until loop being an exeption)

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I would recommend just getting more experienced by making small games/projects that are sort of out of your comfort zone

If you are really stuck on something then you can just ask something like chatgpt although I wouldn’t rely on it too much

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ive tried chatgpt, youtube tutorials, game copies and also like the typical trial and error by trying to make something, then using a resource online to get assistance w the issue but i usually rely on those too much and dont get much success anyway