Should i know the basic of Lua before i start using Corona??? [import]uid: 126581 topic_id: 31195 reply_id: 331195[/import]
Lua is easy enough that if you are familiar with other languages than you can pretty much jump right in instead of going general Lua tutorials/books, imo. [import]uid: 147305 topic_id: 31195 reply_id: 124734[/import]
I think the answer to that will depend on how you learn and what programming background you have already.
I think in most cases though, you learn by doing and you can learn both simultaneously. [import]uid: 19626 topic_id: 31195 reply_id: 124735[/import]
I have been a programmer for 35 years. I programmed in all kinds of languages, from ALGOL to C++ to Centura. Yet, before I fully dived into Corona SDK I went through http://www.lua.org/pil/ and it helped quite a bit.
You can write spaghetti code in any language. But if you want to code reasonably well, you better acquaint yourself with the language in which you’re writing. It will only take a couple of hours in Lua’s case, and it will save you all kinds of headaches later. [import]uid: 160496 topic_id: 31195 reply_id: 124740[/import]
“I think in most cases though, you learn by doing and you can learn both simultaneously.”
+1 to this.
I knew 0 about Lua or any other programming languages, I picked it up as I went - obviously like is said above it varies person to person. If you do plan on starting on Corona without Lua knowledge then I’d recommend Corona for Newbies parts 1-4 which you can find on http://Techority.com or http://learningcorona.com
Peach 
[import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 31195 reply_id: 124792[/import]
Lua is easy enough that if you are familiar with other languages than you can pretty much jump right in instead of going general Lua tutorials/books, imo. [import]uid: 147305 topic_id: 31195 reply_id: 124734[/import]
I think the answer to that will depend on how you learn and what programming background you have already.
I think in most cases though, you learn by doing and you can learn both simultaneously. [import]uid: 19626 topic_id: 31195 reply_id: 124735[/import]
I have been a programmer for 35 years. I programmed in all kinds of languages, from ALGOL to C++ to Centura. Yet, before I fully dived into Corona SDK I went through http://www.lua.org/pil/ and it helped quite a bit.
You can write spaghetti code in any language. But if you want to code reasonably well, you better acquaint yourself with the language in which you’re writing. It will only take a couple of hours in Lua’s case, and it will save you all kinds of headaches later. [import]uid: 160496 topic_id: 31195 reply_id: 124740[/import]
“I think in most cases though, you learn by doing and you can learn both simultaneously.”
+1 to this.
I knew 0 about Lua or any other programming languages, I picked it up as I went - obviously like is said above it varies person to person. If you do plan on starting on Corona without Lua knowledge then I’d recommend Corona for Newbies parts 1-4 which you can find on http://Techority.com or http://learningcorona.com
Peach [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 31195 reply_id: 124792[/import]