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I watched Peaspod Why can't I learn Lua? [closed]

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5 years ago

So I was reccomended to watch Peaspod on YouTube I did and I've got to the part about instances() and I saw a comment saying you should get a notepad and note down what he says So I went back to variables and I'm not sure if me going back made me believe I forgot Lua

What's like a good schedule I have high school and I walk to a relatives everyday and I have either 2 or 3 hours I have tried to watch peaspod on those days but I did have to miss out a few What's the easiest way to learn Lua and what's a good schedual?

Because peaspod sucks. User#24403 69 — 5y

i dont suggest pêaspod bcz most of his tutorials are deprecated so i would suggest u learn on cookbook tacotown2 119 — 5y

Learning something doesn't come from just watching. Apply what you had seen yourself and go from there. I recommend not watching videos who only spoon feed code with generic explanations. xPolarium 1388 — 5y

There is no 'easy' way per say, but the best way to learn is to apply your knowledge and get hands on I find. I certainly wouldn't suggest youtubers like alvinblox who spoonfeed as Polarium said, but you could try searching for challenges online. An example of this would be making a simple calculator with functions and print(). turtle2004 167 — 5y

Closed as Not Constructive by Goulstem

This question has been closed because it is not constructive to others or the asker. Most commonly, questions that are requests with no attempt from the asker to solve their problem will fall into this category.

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2 answers

Answered by

Formidable_Beast 197

5 years ago

Edited 5 years ago

Most of the time when you are learning Lua(or anything you want to learn), you need to apply your knowledge. For example you might learned how to do variables, try making variables yourself.

local variablelocal = nil
variableglobal = nil

Then say you learned operations such as adding and subtracting, combine those two knowledge together by something like this:

local num1 = 1
local num2 = 2
local num3 = 3

print(num1 + num2 + num3)

This learning style makes sure that you master the lesson with full understanding

Challenge yourself for every chapter by combining previous things you learned to the one that you just learned.
Brainstorm or think about the usage for the thing in question.
Try to find an existing game that uses that (for advanced topics).

By the time you do this, you probably wouldn't forget about how to do each thing. Searching up for the solution is fine but always try to challenge yourself first and have a growth mindset.

Goodluck

I sound like a mentor even though I am not a master scripter compared to alvinbloxx. Formidable_Beast 197 — 5y

LOL^ ScriptingEngine 5 — 5y

alvinbloxx is not a master scripter, he's not the worst, but he uses lots of bad practices and deprecated code ^-^ User#20388 0 — 5y

sarcasm? User#23365 30 — 5y

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Alvin is really not that great. Paintertable 171 — 5y

@Formidable_Beast, I agree, you cannot compare. User#25115 0 — 5y

Lua Manual is also a very nice source of Lua knowledge DeceptiveCaster 3761 — 5y

Answered by

zblox164 531

5 years ago

First off I wan't to say that this is NOT the place to ask this question. The most updated tutorials and information is all on Roblox's developer wiki. Since you are a beginner go to Getting Started on the wiki there you can learn to use Studio from a beginners view. Videos can teach you how to do something but may use deprecated terms such as connect() instead of Connect().

*ahem* the Lua manual is better DeceptiveCaster 3761 — 5y