Zaraf
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I'm willing to assist anyone who wants to move on from GUI and upgrade their triggering (and coding) skills and learn vJass. vJass is different from the Jass most of you are familiar with, and the main difference is just syntax, formatting and shortcuts. vJass basically allows you to take a bunch of shortcuts which makes your coding more efficient.
Speaking to a lot of people who do a lot of GUI, I've found that most of them WISH they could code in vJass, but just never had the motivation to learn it because they thought it would be too much work. I know, I was in the same boat. I started mapping in April 2008, and I was resistant in sticking to GUI (despite all the people telling me to learn vJass). Finally about a month ago, I took the plunge, and to my surprise, it was a lot easier to learn than I had ever imagined.
I understand that most people find it difficult to follow through long detailed and "textbook-like" tutorials, and that's where I'm here to help. I will answer your questions on moving from GUI to vJass. All you have to do is show some commitment and a bit of motivation to learn.
I find that for GUIers, the BEST way to learn vJass is to take your GUI triggers you have made, and convert them. Start by converting to custom text, and then clean up the code to follow proper vJass syntax and optimization. Believe me, it's a LOT easier than it sounds, and I actually quite enjoy doing it.
Converting from GUI to vJass is the way I teach, and since I'd like to help a lot of people here, I'm going to set a bit of a criteria for those who I will help. Instead of going through an example with each person (which would take up too much of my time), I'd like anyone who wants to learn to go through Acehart's tutorial in which he goes (very slowly) step by step through a conversion of GUI to vJass. Basically the same thing I would do.
Triggers - Heal All: A tale of ancient GUI and modern JASS
Finish this tutorial, and then speak with me and I'll answer any questions you have, and help you move onto the next steps of learning. Even if you are working through the tutorial and would like to ask questions to further clarify things, that is fine too.
You can contact me on any of my IM contacts. Please introduce yourself as from the Helper, and that you want to learn vJass.
Come on guys, don't be lazy and step up to the REAL triggering
Speaking to a lot of people who do a lot of GUI, I've found that most of them WISH they could code in vJass, but just never had the motivation to learn it because they thought it would be too much work. I know, I was in the same boat. I started mapping in April 2008, and I was resistant in sticking to GUI (despite all the people telling me to learn vJass). Finally about a month ago, I took the plunge, and to my surprise, it was a lot easier to learn than I had ever imagined.
I understand that most people find it difficult to follow through long detailed and "textbook-like" tutorials, and that's where I'm here to help. I will answer your questions on moving from GUI to vJass. All you have to do is show some commitment and a bit of motivation to learn.
I find that for GUIers, the BEST way to learn vJass is to take your GUI triggers you have made, and convert them. Start by converting to custom text, and then clean up the code to follow proper vJass syntax and optimization. Believe me, it's a LOT easier than it sounds, and I actually quite enjoy doing it.
Converting from GUI to vJass is the way I teach, and since I'd like to help a lot of people here, I'm going to set a bit of a criteria for those who I will help. Instead of going through an example with each person (which would take up too much of my time), I'd like anyone who wants to learn to go through Acehart's tutorial in which he goes (very slowly) step by step through a conversion of GUI to vJass. Basically the same thing I would do.
Triggers - Heal All: A tale of ancient GUI and modern JASS
Finish this tutorial, and then speak with me and I'll answer any questions you have, and help you move onto the next steps of learning. Even if you are working through the tutorial and would like to ask questions to further clarify things, that is fine too.
You can contact me on any of my IM contacts. Please introduce yourself as from the Helper, and that you want to learn vJass.
Come on guys, don't be lazy and step up to the REAL triggering