Noob Programming Tutorials

[basil60]

Hi
I put my hand up to do an IT immersion with some primary school kids. I'm also a noob with Minetest.

I figure this could be a good way to introduce some simple programming concepts in a familiar environment for them.

I've started a server with school use in mind.

Can anyone suggest some good intro tutorials for coding (in game would be ideal initially I think) - and provide links?

So far I've looked at the Digilines LCD - but I'm sure there's more I could do with that too.

Any advice would be welcome?

[kaadmy]

Here's a good tutorial on mod creation: http://rubenwardy.com/minetest_modding_book/
Development wiki: http://dev.minetest.net/Main_Page
And, if you want to do serious modding, see here for a (hopefully)complete API reference: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/lua_api.txt

[kaadmy]

One of the best pieces of advice I would probably give: The documentation is not the greatest in any way, and if you can't figure something out, ask.

[MineYoshi]

kaadmy i think in really you are right rubenwardy modding book is very complete with many stuff about moddin code and some good info

[kaadmy]

I use the lua_api.txt for pretty much everything.
That has the complete API reference, I think.

[rubenwardy]

lua_api.txt is supposed to be a complete and accurate description to officially supported parts of the Lua API. However, some things may be missing. If it's missing, it's probably not in my book, but it may be on the dev wiki. If not, then you'll have to resort to reading the C++ code or asking someone to, unfortunately. :(

[kaadmy]

I don't know if this belongs here, but I found out a problem in the API.
The lua_api.txt says ObjectRefs have a method called get_inventory(), but the inventory isn't available unless it's a Player-only entity, which is annoying, because get_inventory should return an InvRef? Nope.

[twoelk]

Updated the Mods:Learning page on the Minetest Wiki a little.