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Yes, and working through the reference is like walking a mine field.
Axel Akesson wrote:
Andre, the Python tutorial availible from the Python site is pretty
straight forward for beginners.
On Dec 12, 2007 8:19 AM, André Adam <a_adam(at)49games.de
<mailto:a_adam(at)49games.de>> wrote:
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>
> <mailto: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>
> <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> <mailto:
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>
> <mailto: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>
> <mailto:takita(at)earthlink.net <mailto:takita(at)earthlink.net>>>
> >> > > An: XSI(at)Softimage.COM <mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
<mailto: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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