C# Scripting general question (very general)

Unity Engine
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Hi there
Ive been using the book Beginning C# Game Programming and ive been taking some serious notes and stuff…I understand whats going on (thank god)

My question is what parts of C# scripting in Unity are different from basic C# .NET coding, what should I be focusing on more and less

Thanks

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read through the unity documentation

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Well it’s C# alright, there are some differences though such as:

  • Namespaces cannot be used when creating classes based on MonoBehavior - well if you want to use them that is.
    I believe they can be used anywhere else though.

  • Unity API is not thread-safe by itself, so you should be careful if you’re using threads and only make sure to use Unity classes in the main thread.

  • Sockets are supported by all (except iOS/Android basic) afaik.

You can choose between .NET 2.0 subset which is smaller with less features, or .NET 2.0 with most (if not all) .NET 2.0 features.

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good stuff thanks…also checked out the documentation and that looks like its going to be my bible for a good while…i just have a hard time getting started as im sure many do