iMask's GS2 Tutorials

[iMask]

(If someone could sticky this, that would be great! <3)

I'm starting to create tutorial videos for those who want to learn GS2. I'm trying to explain these tutorials the simplest way I can so that you can understand.

If any of you think of some ways that I can improve my tutorial, leave a comment here or on youtube. If you have a question, just ask!

I will be updating this thread when new tutorials are uploaded.

Tutorial #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6HPSHmVD_U
Tutorial #2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VohwxrfCY7Y
Tutorial #3https://youtu.be/Ni2hQfWHhhU

[Noofboy12]

"If you want to echo a number you do not need the quotations, because it is an integer". Well as you mentioned the quotations dignify a string, correct? Ok well if you wanted to echo a string output you could still put your "Integers" (numbers) in a string format. The only logical reason you would not want to use the quotes are if you are doing this.

//#CLIENTSIDE
function onCreated()  {
    echo(10 * 20 / 1);
} 

or for a timer

setTimer(0.05) 

It's just good to explain it in a way that does not make it seem that you cant simply do,

echo("10, 20, 50"); 

Because you defiantly can.

Anyhow the quality of the video has improved mildly, and the formatting and explanations that you gave were excellent, I enjoyed watching and can see this being useful to beginners , Thanks for your help in the community and good job :=)

-Noof

[iMask]

"If you want to echo a number you do not need the quotations, because it is an integer". Well as you mentioned the quotations dignify a string, correct? Ok well if you wanted to echo a string output you could still put your "Integers" (numbers) in a string format. The only logical reason you would not want to use the quotes are if you are doing this.

//#CLIENTSIDE
function onCreated()  {
    echo(10 * 20 / 1);
} 

or for a timer

setTimer(0.05) 

It's just good to explain it in a way that does not make it seem that you cant simply do,

echo("10, 20, 50"); 

Because you defiantly can.

Anyhow the quality of the video has improved mildly, and the formatting and explanations that you gave were excellent, I enjoyed watching and can see this being useful to beginners , Thanks for your help in the community and good job :=)

-Noof

Thanks for the positive vibes! I'll mention what you said in my next video.

[John]

You are jumping way too quickly in the concept of functions. As a new comer I'd also expect a way to, let's say, see my code become alive.

Good job on what you're doing, though nevertheless, you'd probably need a bit more time to learn before you can go further into teaching. I already found lots and lots of false information given to the user, I can list them down if you want.

Also, why is this stickied?

[Cero]

Can I learn from this even if I don't have any clue what the commands or whatever are?

[iMask]

You are jumping way too quickly in the concept of functions. As a new comer I'd also expect a way to, let's say, see my code become alive.

Good job on what you're doing, though nevertheless, you'd probably need a bit more time to learn before you can go further into teaching. I already found lots and lots of false information given to the user, I can list them down if you want.

Also, why is this stickied?

I don't understand how I'm jumping into functions too quickly. That is the base of programming

Could you list the mistakes?

Can I learn from this even if I don't have any clue what the commands or whatever are?

You will still be able to learn. I will explain everything in detail.

[iMask]

Tutorial #2 is up! Check original post

[John]

Tutorial #2 is up! Check original post

I like the second tutorial, less errors here. I also liked how you showed the results this time using RC.

Let me just fix some stuff up though:
1. echo is not a statement, it's a function/method.
2. "a" is not "equals" to 10, the value 10 is assigned to a. This is very important and confusing to newcomers. "=" is the character to assign the right to the left, "==" are the characters that check if left is equals to right, and in some programming languages, "===" checks if left has the same type/class as right.
3. This may not be an error, but you haven't really explained what a variable is, and assigning a string to an integer would kind-of be a bad example at start. In other programming languages, you cannot assign a type to another unless you cast or stream them. (in C# though, this is made automatically).

Helpful advice would be include everything you need to teach about a certain topic (variables, methods etc.) in a single video, this will get the user that is trying to find it more comfortable and easier to learn.

Not a bad start though.

[iMask]

2. "a" is not "equals" to 10, the value 10 is assigned to a. This is very important and confusing to newcomers. "=" is the character to assign the right to the left

I don't really understand what you mean. If you're making 10 the value of a, it's the same thing saying a is equal to 10.

Let's say I have a math problem that said "The value of x is 10". I would see it as making x equal to 10.

[Vacci]

I don't really understand what you mean. If you're making 10 the value of a, it's the same thing saying a is equal to 10.

Let's say I have a math problem that said "The value of x is 10". I would see it as making x equal to 10.

A single equal sign "=" can be thought of as assigning a value to a variable (i.e. varX = 5 means "varX is now equal to 5").


On the other hand, a double equals sign "==" is a check, like asking the program a question (i.e. varX == 5 means "is varX equal to 5?"). From there, the program behaves accordingly to whether that question is answered true or false.