Is there a book on Corona?

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

I’ve been trying to find something on the internet but so far have had no luck. When I was reading the articles on Robert Nay it mentioned he did a lot of research on Corona at his local library, which led me to believe that published material exists for the SDK. Does anybody know of one?

I’m starting at ground zero with coding, programming, etc. I know there are a lot of tutorials on here that are helpful, but if there was a book on this I would be eager to dive into it.
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#2

Hey, Jordan. I don’t believe there is an actual book on corona sdk, but the resources section is very plentiful. If you’re brand new to programming you may want to check this link. Its an online book (you can print out) for the coding language LUA that corona uses…might be of some help.

http://www.lua.org/pil/ [import]uid: 14864 topic_id: 5731 reply_id: 19623[/import]

#3

Thanks for the information. That site seems to be a good place for a beginner like me to begin. [import]uid: 16541 topic_id: 5731 reply_id: 19627[/import]

#4

@digzthis - I just want to thank you for this link too. I’m starting out with very little programming knowledge too like Jordan. I look forward to getting something up and running.

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#5

You’re welcome. I’m a newbie myself so i know how it can be trying to wrap your head around all of it! [import]uid: 14864 topic_id: 5731 reply_id: 19665[/import]

#6

You can check out some flash Actionscript tutorials for some similar build ups =)

Not exactly the same thing but you can understand Lua with the help of Actionscript, and there are alot more tutorials that handles Actionscript that Lua. [import]uid: 9577 topic_id: 5731 reply_id: 19714[/import]

#7

How do you do if ball is touching this object do this, but if it touches this object do this? [import]uid: 15931 topic_id: 5731 reply_id: 31001[/import]

#8

How do you do if ball is touching this object do this, but if it touches this object do this? [import]uid: 15931 topic_id: 5731 reply_id: 31002[/import]

#9

@jordan http://karnakgames.com/wp/2011/02/announcing-the-first-corona-sdk-book/

@rggamer http://developer.anscamobile.com/code/flashs-hittestobject-emulated-using-contentbounds [import]uid: 12108 topic_id: 5731 reply_id: 31004[/import]

#10

Hey guys,

Ya know, I never bothered to read a book about Corona/Lua. I actually found http://www.learningcorona.com/ and looking through Corona’s API/Docs to be very sufficient. Of course, going to the forums also helps a lot. :slight_smile: [import]uid: 45459 topic_id: 5731 reply_id: 31022[/import]