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What are the prerequisites to learn unity?
Hi....i m new to unity.I want know the prerequisites to learn unity.I m a multimedia student,i dont know anything about programming.Is there any need to learn coding.If there what are the languages should i learn. Plz help me.Thnx in advance
Answer by Burla · Apr 20, 2014 at 08:11 PM
You won't come far before you stumble over coding when using Unity. JavaScript is fairly easy to learn because you don't have to worry about data types which you do in C#. If you want to get started quickly I suggest you learn JavaScript and if you're still programming after some months and you like it, then you should probably start thinking about learning C#.
Codecademy will easily get you started on JavaScript. http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/javascript
There are also various books about both JavaScript and C#. Search for it on Amazon and you'll find a ton.
"JavaScript is fairly easy to learn because you don't have to worry about data types which you do in C#" wrong, javascript cares about type just as much as C#, only does the compiler do some works for you but in the end you get the same cast issues.
"Codecademy will easily get you started on JavaScript. http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/javascript" 100% wrong since javascript is not UnityScript
You're right. All I meant was that you can simply declare variables using the keyword 'Var' - but you'll still have the cast issues, true.
Unity has many components that you won't hear of on Codecademy's site, but I thought it would be a great place to start learning basic program$$anonymous$$g as he said "I m a multimedia student,i dont know anything about program$$anonymous$$g.". Then when he knows the basics of program$$anonymous$$g he could start exploring Unity's Learning Section and get used to Unity.
Good points you had though.
Thnx,ur ans helped me lot.Should i learn c before learning java??Is it necessary?
I'd suggest that you learn C#. Unity Technologies created their own kind of JavaScript designed for Unity and learning C# gets you prepared for other program$$anonymous$$g languages that look alike.
You can do either of them and you can do both, it's really up to you. It's not necesarry to learn C# before learning Java - and vice versa.
Take a look at Unity Technologies' program$$anonymous$$g section.
http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules/beginner/scripting
Answer by morgan23 · Apr 20, 2014 at 08:16 PM
you should check on youtube theirs lots of good tutorials, unity learning section. It's really up too you for which you pick in unity to write your scripts in c# and java.
Ah, yeah. Forgot all about Unity's Learning Section. @noolivenkatesh - You will find all the information you need there. You can find all about Unity's components and also a program$$anonymous$$g section.
http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules
Once in a while they do live training streams that are free of charge, which you also can benefit from.
yeah it's great section all the examples come in what program$$anonymous$$g language you choose.