Seeking advice for switching to C#

Hi everyone,

First of all, I am not sure this is the right part of the Forum to post.

I had learned UnityScript for a bit. I read a book so far (Learn Unity3D Programming with UnityScript). It seems that I cannot do much as I wanted with UnityScript. Or is it just me who still needs a lot to learn to do so? The problem is I cannot find books for UnityScript. Almost all advanced books and tutorials are in C#. Couldn't find a book to master UnityScript or a book with complete fundamentals of UnityScript.

I made a very simple app but I still have problems trying to add features that I want (with the knowledge I have so far). Here is the list:

- A scrollable and auto font size text page for credits
- Integration of Google Play [Please tell what do I need to learn to understand following codes]
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.google.android.gms">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="9"
android:targetSdkVersion="19" />

<application>
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
android:value="@Integer/google_play_services_version" />
</application>

</manifest>
- Navigation drawers
- A way to collect stats

I spent a lot of time learning UnityScript. Do I really need to switch to C# or can I stick with UnityScript?

Thank you for reading and thanks again for any advice you would give,
ZHH

 

Hi,
I don't know what to tell you about the google play markup, except to say it looks like packaging information. I'd imagine there is a white paper on it somewhere explaining each of the markup attributes and acceptable values.
As far as switching to C#, I would suggest doing it just for your own sanity, but not because you need to for what you've mentioned. If you want to understand UnityScript better though, much like C#, you need to know the syntax and common usage of the underlying language, Javascript to use it effectively. Other than that you need to know the same api C# uses, namely the Unity scripting API.
I would suggest moving to C# for more reasons than I can go into, so I'll summarize it as, its more suited for robust programming in Unity and leave it at that. Good luck with getting everything to work with Google Play, wish I could help more.

 

In an informal poll on the forums, C# was by far the most widely used language, so it has the benefit of being the easiest to find resources for, in my opinion.

 

No need for informal polls. Unity posted their editor statistics back in September in the form of a pie chart.



http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/09/03/documentation-unity-scripting-languages-and-you/

 

Agree, a lot of books and resources for C#. It seems C# is the way to it.

Can anyone give some advice on how to get started on Google Play markup?