Scripting tutorial

Questions & Answers
1

could anyone point out a good source of scripting tutorials that would help a beginner?

2

http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=unity+scripting+tutorials&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest

Google's your friend.

3

Take a look at www.unity3dstudent.com

Video tutorials, each looking at one small piece of script at a time. A perfect place to start :)