summer sigil
Basically module:doSomething()
I get that it has self but what's the point if you could just do module.blablabla
People say its more organised but how
If i use self the module don't know what it is and I need to define it at the bottom which some devs do and it's just feels like adding more stuff
If I'm not wrong it's sole purpose is for classes or metatables
wraith ravine
: just passes the table (self) as the first argument thats why u see it in oop structures since u dont have to constantly pass in the table as an argument. So yea its more organised since u have more space for arguments. Theres probs more advanced cases where u would pass the table as the first argument in a non oop module
static rover
its a getter
viral echo
Basically module:doSomething()
I get that it has self but what's the point if y...
its more organized
let me give you an example
would you prefer
combat.Attack(character, damage, vfx, animation)
or
combat.new(character, base_dmg, vfx, animation)
events:connect(function()
if cd then return end
cd = true blablabla
combat:Attack()
end)
put it simply, you can pass in variables when you construct a new class(.new) then you can just use :() and you dont have to pass in arguments everytime
and it looks wayyy better and more organized
its more modular too
summer sigil
so its only use is in metatables?
like what if i dont want to construct a class
and its more of like basic utility modules
do i still need to use it?
viral echo
no
if its just basic utility then use normal .
only use : if you're gonna use OOP to organize a system
if its just for utility no need
summer sigil
Hm. Interesting
jagged ermine
You can also add typings with custom types and metatables
You'll get autocomplete when you use :
viral echo
You'll get autocomplete when you use `:`
yes
thats what i recommend you to do
its really good
i basically add types to everything
jsut so i get the autocomplete
jagged ermine
jsut so i get the autocomplete
How do you implement your typings?
viral echo
yeah something like that
the _Connection i'll set it to : {RBXScriptConnection}
since its gonna be multiple
I'll set Players to PlayerCount
its more understandable
summer sigil
What benefits can u get from doing ur code in vs
jagged ermine
What benefits can u get from doing ur code in vs
There's a lot but for me personally it offers better type checking and I can use extensions from vscode
I can also install packages that I can use for my scripts, they're basically like modules
and version control is so much better because of git
I can save my project to github
