New jass scripter here

[Thunder_Lord]

Ok I am just now learning the basics of jass I'm not really good at it yet but before I decide to jump in and really learn this thing... What is the point...? I read these tutorials and they all say jass is great because it is not bound by the "rules" of the regular trigger editor. So... Could I get some examples of some triggers in jass, what there scripts look like and what they could do that I could not do with my regular trigger editor? May seem kinda like a stupid question but that's what I want to know. Thanks

 

[Nevyll]

Oh, where should I start...
A: JASS enables the use of local variables, which enables the awesomeness of fully Multi Unit Instanceable spells and in some cases timers.
B: JASS is faster to code in, because you type faster than you click.
C: JASS is a programming language, and if you know JASS you won't have as many issues if you decide to learn another programming language.
D: Well-written code in JASS is very easy to read and understand.
E: JASS enables alot of hidden features that GUI hides; for example, you can choose between CreateUnit() and CreateNUnitsAtLoc().
F: You can put useful scripts in the Map Header, which you can call from any trigger in the map.
G: You can put several functions in the same trigger, which means that instead of having 3 different triggers as a spell, you will only need 1.
H: With JASS, you can remove all BJ's and replace them with Natives. (BJ's are slower than natives)

I think that's all I can think of now.

 

[Nherwyziant]

You're B is funny xD but is rite.

You're E in short, would be native thingy stuffs that GUI doesn't have

You're H means, in GUI, GUI will call on BJ, and BJ will call on native, in JASS you're already in native.

You can also create you're own function in vJASS

Example of a JASS? Prepare to die!

 

[Nevyll]

You can also create you're own function in vJASS

Yeah, well, vJass is an extension of JASS, rite?

 

[Nherwyziant]

Yeah, well, vJass is an extension of JASS, rite?

yab yab

 

[tooltiperror]

You can create your own functions in Vanilla JASS, too, like so.

function killWithMessage takes unit toKill, string message returns nothing
    call BJDebugMsg(message)
    call KillUnit(toKill)
endfunction

function OnEvent takes nothing returns nothing
    call killWithmessage(GetTriggerUnit(),"Mangy Cur!")
endfunction