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1. Re: The Programming/Scripting MASTER THREAD

   

   Reply by Ben Apuna · Aug 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Languages and Useful Libraries: A library for those wondering is just a fancy name for some code other people have written that you can use along with your own code to accomplish a specific task, such as making games. ActionScript 3 - link The language of Flash, great for web based indie games and as renderhjs has shown,…

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   Reply by Ben Apuna · Aug 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Applications, Tools, and Utilities: An IDE short for Integrated Development Environment for those wondering is just a fancy text editor that makes common programming tasks easier. They look pretty intimidating when you first open them up (I still get scared sometimes...). But with a few tutorials, blind experimentation, or…

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   Reply by CrazyButcher · Sep 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   originated from a message conversation: yes it's popular with game scripting (realtime system integration), I use it a lot for all kinds of tasks (many people would use python for that, which I never got into). Scripting languages like Lua are useful to "generate code", I've used Lua to generate maxscript code or shader…

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   Reply by cptSwing · Sep 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   In your collective opinion, would it make sense to dive into C# directly, or to take a detour through Python-ville? I've done a teeny tiny bit of Python in school, have a very, very basic grasp on Javascript and (as seen somewhere above) Maxscript.. Then again i guess it depends on what i'd like to do with it in the end.…

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   Reply by Ben Apuna · Aug 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Tutorials, Online Courses, and Books: General Topics Google Developer Channel - link - Lots of neat subjects covered here, code, business, and more. General Programming/Scripting MIT - 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming - link - video lectures - textbook - A great course to learn the basics. Language…

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   Reply by haiddasalami · Sep 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Article on matrices by MacaroniKazoo. Also does a lot of python stuff. http://www.macaronikazoo.com/?page_id=413

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   Reply by Vailias · Aug 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Heya Ben, thanks for the links. The python one could be super useful for pyMel and more advanced rigging and Maya tools.

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   Reply by Elyaradine · Sep 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   I'd pick Eclipse just because I can switch freely between Java and Python. Now, if there were a way to debug Unity with Visual Studio... (apparently that's on their to-do list)

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   Reply by haiddasalami · Aug 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   MEL and Python reference - http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/maya2012/en_us/index.html (Under Technical Documentation. Commands is MEL) Dev C++ was a nice IDE for C++ - http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html Thanks for this thread Ben. How many of you guys are enrolled for the Stanford courses?

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    Reply by r_fletch_r · Aug 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

    Android Game Programming libgdx - really nice cross platform game library for android development. runs natively under windows, linux, mac OS, and Android. No more emulator needed :) [ame] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLx_72qxK_0&feature=player_embedded[/ame] AndEngine- 2D OpenGl engine for android. might want to add…