Developing on roblox

Zach and Amelia are roblox fans, so it’s fun to be able to create things in there playgrounds. With Zach (and maybe Amelia in a while) it’s even more fun to get to program. Here’s some stuff I’ve learned about programming robolox.

• Roblox Environment
• Tool Chain
  • The language - Lua (you get used to it)
  • The editor and tools - VS Code and plugins
  • Package managers
    • Foreman - Install Tools
    • Wally - Install Packages
• Libraries
  • Roblox
• Testing
• My games
• Philosophy

Roblox Environment

Tool Chain

The language - Lua (you get used to it)

Oddly, Roblox scripting is done via Lua. Lua is verbose in syntax and has oddites (indexing starts at 1 - blashemy). At first this was overwhelming to me, but thanks to a very strong tool chain, you stop worrying about it.

The editor and tools - VS Code and plugins

I love VIM, but as is often the case, the tooling in VS Code is better. Most of the following tools integrate into VS.Code. The vs.code plugins will often have both a VS Code plugin and a roblox studio plugin, make sure to install both

See them in my project

• Amazing Autocompletion - Microsoft Co-Pilot
• Edit roblox files outside studio - Rojo
• Lint your files - Selene
  • With Selene - enable roblox mode
• Good Code Completion - Roblox LSP
• Better Debugging in VS.Code - Roblox Output Sync
• Langague Support - Lua Plugin

Not Sure I use this:

• Robolox Lua Autocomplete

Package managers

1. crates intall foreman
2. ~/.cargo/bin/foreman install

Foreman - Install Tools

1. ~/.foreman/bin/wally install
2. https://wally.run/

Wally - Install Packages

Libraries

Roblox

Testing

My games

Philosophy