Hobbyist coder here, I was trying to learn some of the stuff in Colorslide tutorial such as the simple GUI and the loader thing which teach a lot about the use of “msg”. But there are lots of confusing jargon for me as a newbie, such as collection,proxy,etc. I can follow up with the documentation but I found what really helped me understand of the previous tutorial(War Battles) was the Youtube video tutorials on this youtube channel which specifically taught stuff on the War Battles example.
Other than the documentation is there any more resource for understanding these concepts or terms
Is there anything in particular missing from the documentation that you have in mind? The core concepts of Defold can all be found, as far as I am aware, in the documentation, especially at pages like building blocks that explain much about how Defold works. In particular, both collections and proxies are explained in that very page.
I haven’t used (or needed) any external resources other than the Defold documentation, so I can’t give any advice on other resources.
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I have just finished a new tutorial that teaches the core building blocks while walking you through making a character move and animate. It will be up on the site, and available in the editor hopefully tomorrow.
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I have a lot of trouble coding as well but just keep asking questions and you’ll eventually get the hang of it! the more people that participate, the more the community grows and the resources you’re asking for shall eventually come to fruition especially for defold. I have been looking around too and there isn’t as much out there as say something more main stream like unity, the manual provided here is a great source as well, there are a lot of sections and the organization is a little confusing like they have tutorials, manuals and examples so there is a whole lot that you might not even see that they have(it’s a mountain of stuff to look at), but they will show you what you are looking for if you can’t find it so have no fear. for learning core concepts of structural languages(like the jargon your talking about) besides lots of research (github is your friend) and youtube videos that might not even be correct(some are spot on while others leave more to be explained) you pretty much have to go to school if you really want to be educated properly or buy some books those work that’s what the teachers at school use. these people volunteer their time and they do an excellent job provided you ask in a way they understand what you are asking, we are all at different levels so something to you can mean something different to someone else thus miscommunication can occur.
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Here you go, check it out!
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Ah I see I didn’t see that before, thanks… will thoroughly check documentation after this
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Alright thank you very much I was actually waiting for this haha
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