Trouble following tutorials and some other issues

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

I downloaded the demo version of Corona yesterday. I am using a Windows PC. I’m trying to follow along with some tutorials I find on Youtube which were uploaded during the first 6 months of 2011 but the screens and layout seem a bit different from the version I downloaded so it’s difficult to follow along. For instance there is a terminal window in the videos but there is no terminal window in the version I am using. There is just a simulator window in the version I am using. Also, when the person in the video clicks the text ‘editor’ the editor shows numbered lines. When I try to view the text code it looks different and the lines are not numbered. The demo apps in the video seem to be different too and seem to be interactive in the videos but when I click the demos they are not interactive (just static).

I also downloaded the files called “Corona for Newbies” by Peach Pellen found at learningcorona.com but I cannot view or open them. The only Peach Perry file I can open is the pdf file.

Clicking on Build also gives me a Java 6 error although I downloaded and installed Java 6.

I am new to all of this. Can anyone offer some tips or suggestions?

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#2

Am new to this as well but on a Mac instead of opening Corona Simulator, I open Corona Terminal. This opens a terminal console and then the simulator. You can then see what’s going on in the Terminal window.

As for line numbers in the editor, Corona doesn’t come with a text editor so it’s up to you what you use. On the videos, they must have been using one that displays line numbers.

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#3

if you used window then you must try notepad++ that work with lua files and that provide all that fisilites that are showen in that tutorial or video you write code on notepad++ that is awsome am also use notepad++ and that is very useful for window corona :-p [import]uid: 107779 topic_id: 22464 reply_id: 89621[/import]

#4

You’ll probably find that some of the tutorials are shown using Project Manager (costs extra).

Have a look here for a list of tutorials

http://www.learningcorona.com/

and use your favourite text editor.

Also have a look through the various Tutorial Tuesday blogs on the Ansca web site.
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#5

Corona SDK is an evolving product. For instance the start up screen today looks considerably different than it did 6 months ago. In fact 6 months ago, we may not have even had a start up screen (Window’s might have had something the entire time).

I’m on a Mac, so I’m not that familiar with the Windows side. On the Mac we have two ways to start up Corona SDK. We can launch the app directly in which case there is no terminal window. Or we can run Corona Terminal, which launches the terminal app, and then we get a screen that Corona SDK dumps messages out to. I know there is a way to do that in Windows, but I’ve not tried running Corona SDK on Windows in about a year.

Everyone else is right about the editor. Its a matter of what editor you use it it will show line numbers or not. There are a ton of free or very in-expensive editor options available to you.

Peach’s tutorial files are packaged in a PK Zip archive file. Windows does not no how to unpack those package files natively. You need a program like “winzip” or “zip” from PKWare to unpack those files. Once you do, you will have folders/directories with files that you can open in your editor of choice and in the Corona simulator to run.
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#6

I like using Notepad++ for Windows to edit my lua files. [import]uid: 31262 topic_id: 22464 reply_id: 89637[/import]

#7

Um. Windows DOES know how to unpack zip files natively :slight_smile: [import]uid: 10389 topic_id: 22464 reply_id: 89743[/import]

#8

hmmm my Win7 box came with some shareware package to do it. I’ve not messed with Vista, but every XP version I’ve had to install a 3rd party tool to deal with it. [import]uid: 19626 topic_id: 22464 reply_id: 89746[/import]

#9

XP has had it built in for some time :slight_smile:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/enable-and-disable-xp-zip-support/ [import]uid: 10389 topic_id: 22464 reply_id: 89750[/import]

#10

This isn’t a zip issue as he can view the PDF :wink:

Sounds like, as others have said, he just needs an editor.

… “Peach Perry”? ^_- [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 22464 reply_id: 89826[/import]

#11

Thanks for the replies. I have decided to follow the tutorials on the anscamobile site first instead searching youtube at this point. [import]uid: 130175 topic_id: 22464 reply_id: 90968[/import]