Lua "tutorial" guide..blob thing?

[gajop]

In Lua, you don't need to use () in if/for statements, example:

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if (f%10 == 0) then

can be written as

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if f%10 == 0 then

[zwzsg]

Maps should exclusively use LuaGaia

Of course you do, LuaGaia is a separate lua environment - which is why maps should use it exclusively. Just because other maps / older maps don;t doesn't mean people should continue to.

The problem is that, last time I checked, LuaGaia was severly limited compared to LuaRules. Has it been changed?

[knorke]

gajop: I know.
Imo it is personal preference and not so important.
Often I do the if ( ) because imo it helps recognizes conditions faster when scrolling.
When it is just check for nil or similiar,

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if isReady then

or

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if label ~= "" then

then I tend to leave the ( ) out.

Imo focus is not on Lua but on "Spring Lua".
Teaching Lua itself is out of scope for such texts and such stylistic details even more so. I will try to maintain some constant style but imo just not so important here.
Except I will try to write in "easy and elaborate" so no "tricks" like

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bla = blub or blop

Imo the f%10 is already bit "tricky" for such basic level tutorial but it is some commonly used in spring...

[PicassoCT]

Imo the f%10 is already bit "tricky" for such basic level tutorial but it is some commonly used in spring...

some use speakingNamed functions for tutorials even though they are not as effective

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function everyTenthFrame(frames)
if f%10==0 then return true else return false end

end

...
if everyTenthFrame(frames)== true then
--do stuff
end

[FLOZi]

Modulo is quite a common enough concept early on in basic programming imo

[PicassoCT]

and the percentage of humanity on the internet who has a clue of basic programming and remember that after all those years is exactly one FLOZillionst part of humanity...

[MetalSucker]

Modulo is quite a common enough concept early on in basic programming imo

+1

I also want to add .. it could be better without that gradient on the code snippets and maybe syntax highlighting. (don't hit me).

[knorke]

gradient in color or difficulty? about look of wiki can not do much. syntax highlighting might come if wiki gets updated , would be nice. Think for oneliners/short pieces one can do without and ideally the reader has whole script in own editor anyway...

[FLOZi]

I'll keep asking abma to update the wiki software, maybe now after the server switch it is more likely.