Complete Codea Documentation

General
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Hello all!
Just a newbie question here: I was looking at some code examples here on the discussion board, and noticed the use of the class() function, which I was not aware of. It seems there are features of Codea not fully documented in the in-app reference. Are there many other available features/functions not documented within the app? What is the best way to see/learn it all? I want to be a Codea expert :slight_smile:
ps I am well aware of Lua-specific reference material. To be clear, I am interested in a complete documentation of Codea-specific API-type stuff :slight_smile:
Thanks!

  • Brian
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The wiki link (shows up in the navigation bar at the top of codea talk pages, as long as you’re signed in) is a good place to start, especially number 8, “beyond the in-app reference”

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@iam3o5am - The forum and code examples (not least the CargoBot demo app, which contains a lot of techniques) are probably the best way to pick up Codea-specific stuff.

I also found Codea’s classes difficult to pick up without documentation, so I wrote a few posts about them here

https://coolcodea.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/7-classes-in-codea/
https://coolcodea.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/8-classes-in-codea-2/
https://coolcodea.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/33-class-inheritance-in-codea/
https://coolcodea.wordpress.com/2014/10/01/169-why-tables-and-classes-are-so-useful/
https://coolcodea.wordpress.com/2013/06/14/84-a-practical-example-showing-the-value-of-classes/

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Thank you! Simeon (or anyone else) - are there any plans for a complete documentation? Ignatz, are you still actively posting on coolcodea? Thanks again…REALLY looking forward to doing more with Codea…