Where should I start looking to begin learning to code?

im more on the side of visual aspects rather then coding but do you know where is a really good place to start off and continue on to learn the coding system? Ive wanted to make a game for quite sometime and im currently working on one but I just dont know how to code becuase i have this problem where I dont know how to get to certain things using coding. What I mean is like changing the Color or the Size would it just be like L,W,H or something else something with the color.

Anyway thanks for reading this I hope someone out there can show me where im able to start learning new things!

Unity Learn

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Specifically the Projects followed by the Scripting section.

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www.youtube.com

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Unity learn and after that you can find some nice tutorials on youtube.

Since everyone provided mostly video resources, books and websites are still a great resource.

Documentation is hard to read when you aren’t comfortable coding yet so you can start with some easy to read books:

Head First C#
Followed by Head First Design Patterns
And then Head First Object Oriented Analysis and Design

If you don’t like this series, you can also check out:

C# 6.0 in a Nutshell ← I find this a bit verbose but it is also a good introduction.

In my opinion the Unity learning resources & scripting tutorials should be viewed AFTER you have a good foundation in C# and programming in general. While the videos are great to get you up to speed with Unity and UnityEngine… it is not particularly good at teaching the basic programming concepts and design principles.

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If you’re after a free but quality book, I hear great things about “The Yellow Book”. It’s free online, written by a university lecturer and actually used in universities. I’ve had a browse, and it seems to be a great introductory programming text.

Take note that Unity uses a somewhat dated version of C#. That will effect very little of what you learn as a programming newbie, but you should be aware there are some differences just in case you run into something that your reference says is correct but that Unity won’t listen to.

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better ask this question on quora

You can try these tutorials, in that order:

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Coding lesson 101 - The compiler is a grammar nazi and will slaughter you for the tiniest mistakes. Practice correct syntax and punctuation in everything, it will make your life as a coder much easier.

Plus one for the learn section. Great for learning the basics. If that’s not simple enough for you, try doing a few hour of code sessions to get used to the concepts.

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What’s even worse is Unity’s compiler is a grammar nazi using an outdated dictionary. :stuck_out_tongue:

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You could go worse. If you code in UnityScript then it’s a dictionary that only the compiler has.

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