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JScript, while showing the structure of a mature programming language,
is not nearly as bloated as Python is. Python is overwhelming in
functionality, and especially for starters it is very difficult to find
a safe path in there. In that sense JScript is a very nice starting
point, and once someone has learned how good code is constructed,
adepting to Python is not much of a problem anymore.
-André
Axel Akesson wrote:
Tim, why do you wanna learn jscript? It's pretty much obsolete as far
as Microsoft are concerned.
With Python you can also script for a lot of other apps (Maya,
Houdini, Shake, Massive [I think], shell scripts and so on) and there
is a lot of resources, tutorials and documentations for it (although
maybe not so much for XSI...).
A far better weapon to your CG career than jscript in my opinion.
Cheers,
Axel
On Dec 11, 2007 10:56 AM, Frank Lenhard <franky(at)ixdream.com
<mailto:franky(at)ixdream.com>> wrote:
i can second that.
you need information about the internals in XSi more than how a for
loop is constructed in any language. the syntax is fast to learn. the
problems come when you want to find something in the SDK or dont know
that certain methods/commands/objects exist and could make you live so
much easier!
ciao
franky
Tuesday, December 11, 2007, 12:38:39 AM, you wrote:
RM> http://www.3dtutorial.com/xsi.php?detail=43
<http://www.3dtutorial.com/xsi.php?detail=43>
RM>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alan Fregtman [mailto:alan.fregtman(at)gmail.com
<mailto:alan.fregtman(at)gmail.com>]
>> Sent: December 10, 2007 6:13 PM
>> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM <mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
>> Subject: Re: Scripting for XSI books, any?
>>
>> "script56.chm" documents a lot of stuff, too. It also has
>> stuff on VBScript.
>>
>> http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7dddjd9xaz9
>>
>>
>> On Dec 10, 2007 3:06 PM, Tim Leydecker < bauerOink(at)gmx.de
<mailto:bauerOink(at)gmx.de>> wrote:
>> > For jscript, the microsoft user´s guide seems nice, it´s a
>> good read
>> > at least (I do have to start from the very beginning, any extra
>> > sentence helps...)
>> >
>> > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4yyeyb0a.aspx
>> >
>> > Thanks for the below link Takita, downloaded the *.pdf.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > tim
>> >
>> > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> > > Datum: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:33:37 -0500
>> > > Von: takita <takita(at)earthlink.net
<mailto:takita(at)earthlink.net>>
>> > > An: XSI(at)Softimage.COM <mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
>> > > Betreff: Re: Scripting for XSI books, any?
>> >
>> >
>> > > this one is a pretty good (free!) place to start out with
>> > > http://www.luma.co.za/labs/xsi_scripting_using_python.html
>> > >
>> > > -T
>> > >
>> > > Tim Leydecker wrote:
>> > > > I´ve allready checked amazon for all sorts of javascript
books,
>> > > > unfortunately those are more or less entirely focused on
>> > > > webdevelopment, even if some might at least be meant as
>> sort of a
>> > > > reference cookbook, not quite what I had hoped for.
>> > > >
>> > > > Is there any book geared towards scripting for softimage
xsi at
>> > > > all? I´ve found two or three books for Maya, one geared
towards
>> > > > the artist extending himself beyond the GUI, two (from David
>> > > > Gould) for the TD types, easily switching between
>> script and API.
>> > > >
>> > > > I´d love to have some sort of hands on approach book
>> for XSI, with
>> > > > loads of examples, so one can grasp the syntax and
workflow and
>> > > > likely transfer some of that to "everyday scenerios".
>> > > >
>> > > > Checking something.
>> > > > Selecting something.
>> > > > Doing something with it.
>> > > > Providing output.
>> > > >
>> > > > Polishing it by providing buttons to push.
>> > > >
>> > > > Is there any sort of tutorials for the above?
>> > > >
>> > > > Cheers
>> > > >
>> > > > tim
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
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