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there's a problem I encountered looking on YouTube all the videos quality for Second Life scripting is so terrible can't read the text in most of them I'm looking for a good video 

it's time to update those 7year old videos

I challenge you guys to make some scripting videos are helpful and useful

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I've never heard of anyone learning any programming language from a video. To my mind this is the least useful medium for for it considering lack of text copying, nesting comments, syntax-friendly link-throughs. Verbal explanations from self-taught LSL amateurs would reduce the usefulness of any video to zero.

Challenge rejected! Skip videos and use the official wiki. Or the unofficial wiki (http only).

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Yes, I wouldn't bother trying to learn scripting from a video. Work through a couple of basic tutorials first.  Then just sit down with a few simple full-perm scripts that already work, take them apart, modify them, and put them back together again until you understand what they do.  Don't get blinded by the syntax.  Pay attention to the logic.  The best way to learn to script is to do it, not watch someone else doing it.

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You are looking for video tutorials for SL scripting.

Let's leave to one side whether that is a good way to learn LSL (the other replies you got are variously negative - I happen to disagree); but you raise the specific problem of being able to see the lines of code in a video on YouTube or wherever.

Now, this is going to be less than straightforward; depending on the resolution of the original uploaded video AND what your machine and internet connection can deliver, you may or may not be able to read code off the screen.

Certainly,a screen capture of the SLViewer with a script window will likely be very fuzzy .However,I see no reason why LSL cannot be presented cleanly in the context of a tutorial.

I was curious, so I did a couple of screen captures. 

https://vimeo.com/124888742

 

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Scripting is the best fun ever!! When you first manage to get a prim to go up and down, or change colour, BECAUSE you wrote some lines of LSL code - that can be a real buzz.  

But you need that offline tool to make life easy ... it is called LSL Editor and it is open source, therefore free download. Google it; otherwise here is a link:-

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Flsleditor%2F&ei=XagtVfM2yr1pkoWA8Ag&usg=AFQjCNE5fnXLXHui2WC00BOPSS3dwxl5Qw&bvm=bv.90790515,d.d2s

The other thing that is essential is the LSL Portal - it provides the details of various bits and pieces of LSL. It is found here - http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL_Portal

Look forward to plenty of head-scratching, unexpected behaviour of inword objects ("Where on earth did it go?";"Speak to me you dumb prim!") and quiet satisfaction when some project actually works ...

And, if and when you are stuck/baffled the wise heads in this Forum will be willing to offer advice.

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