Hi everyone. I joined this forum to look for some good advice!
I am very interested in getting into scripting. Not just a passing interest. I have spent many long hours staring at script I can't understand in lua, ruby and other variations of those scripts copying and pasting and doing a LOT of trial and error to get what I want.
But now I am fed up with trying to 'teach myself' to script, or to even ask somebody else to spoon feed me question after question. What I really need is a good book (a college course would be nice, but I'm way too broke to ever afford college). I just need a good 'ol fashion scripting guide for the absolute newb/moron/dummie. Somebody who doesn't know the difference between their right and left hand, so to speak.
I have searched and googled several online tutorials, but 99.9% of them even if generous in their 'starting with the basics' approach assume some basic knowledge, where I essentially don't have any. I have deduced some things from my own experience, but it's really nothing at all. I need help to lean everything, and I am willing to spend the money on books to learn.
Any recommendations would be very helpful.
Thank you!
-Jake
I am very interested in getting into scripting. Not just a passing interest. I have spent many long hours staring at script I can't understand in lua, ruby and other variations of those scripts copying and pasting and doing a LOT of trial and error to get what I want.
But now I am fed up with trying to 'teach myself' to script, or to even ask somebody else to spoon feed me question after question. What I really need is a good book (a college course would be nice, but I'm way too broke to ever afford college). I just need a good 'ol fashion scripting guide for the absolute newb/moron/dummie. Somebody who doesn't know the difference between their right and left hand, so to speak.
I have searched and googled several online tutorials, but 99.9% of them even if generous in their 'starting with the basics' approach assume some basic knowledge, where I essentially don't have any. I have deduced some things from my own experience, but it's really nothing at all. I need help to lean everything, and I am willing to spend the money on books to learn.
Any recommendations would be very helpful.
Thank you!
-Jake