Learn GDScript From Zero 0.3.0

Released on February 8, 2022

We had a ton of fixes and improvements to share with you. Instead of waiting for larger features, we decided to release version 0.3 quickly and move some tasks to the next release(s). We're just shipping improvements more frequently than planned - this doesn't change our broad roadmap.

Many thanks to @mathmods, @SpyrexDE, @pcamp, @duianto, @MaaaxiKing, and @Feniks-Gaming for their contributions.

New features

• Smooth scrolling (#201)
• Warn user before losing progress on an unfinished practice (#277)

Content changes

• Add lesson 16 about creating 2D vectors
• Clarify lesson 12, practice 1
• Add turtle jump() explanation in lesson 5
• Add explanation about modulos with a larger divisor than dividend in lesson 15
• Add radian conversion formula to lesson 3, complete radian explanation
• Add space symbols in function syntax example in lesson 6, improve explanation
• Clarify the robot should turn clockwise in lesson 11 practice 2
• Don't limit health at 100 in lesson 9 healing example
• Change traffic light color names to match US standard
• Update dice practice description in lesson 15 to match solution
• In lesson 3, talk about function arguments instead of parameters
• Explain the syntaxes for adding and subtracting in lesson 9
• Add explanation about camelCase name convention
• Add extra info box about the Y axis pointing down in lesson 3
• Improve MISPLACED_IDENTIFIER error with function definition case

Improvements

• Add a post-lesson popup and inform the user if there are incomplete practices
• Add more transition animations for post-practice/post-lesson dialogs
• Add particles to the post-lesson dialog
• Add a solution panel to let students compare their approach with the suggested one
• Add temporary turtle sprite for the turtle practices
• Increase the content column width when increasing font size
• Make code examples increase height when the font size increases
• Allow controlling scroll bars with the keyboard without clicking first
• Confirm quiz type change in course builder (#214)
• Allow navigating back to outliner from end screen
• Animate quiz resizing (#247)
• Add extra error messages to lesson 5 practice 2 (#262)
• Add a function to report type errors in variable assignment
• Dynamically update tooltip and cursor on back button
• Have a single Robot scene for visuals and practices (#276)

Code changes

• Make lesson files self-contained

Bug fixes

• Ensure squares have the expected coordinates in lesson 6 practice
• Account for more valid solutions in lesson 15 practice 1
• Add max health value to error message in lesson 15 practice 3
• Ensure the turtle sprite resets position in runnable examples
• Correctly handle slidable panels on resize/fullscreen
• Allow modulos larger than number in lesson 15
• Typo in lesson 15, practice 1 hint
• Check corner coordinates in lesson 6 practice 2
• Allow using a loop in lesson 5 practice 2
• Correct two typos in lessons 13 and 15
• Fix error when trying to scroll with arrow keys
• Force text wrapping to update when changing font size
• Always correctly position post-practice popup
• Restore ability to click on links in welcome screen
• Respect restored lesson position in smooth scroll container
• Fix typo in lesson 9 practice hint
• Enter pause mode when showing suggested solution
• Correct typo in lesson 11 (#231)
• Incorrect button label in lesson 9
• Remove empty line in lesson 8
• Make health value reset to starting value in lesson 13
• Remove confusing navigation options from the practice screen
• Correct typo "want to want to" (#238)
• Add missing space between a number and modulo sign (#240)
• Prevent visual scroll bars in lessons 14 and 15
• Traffic light colors, match example and text (#241)
• Throttle scroll events (#218)
• Lesson 9 and 13 health bars now show proper values on ready (#248)
• Make practice screen ignore global pause
• Correct typo in lesson 11: "dependant" -> "dependent"
• Correct typo in lesson 14: "multiple" -> "multiply" (#267)
• Correct typo in lesson 15: "evening" -> "even" (#269)
• Make code examples read-only
• Force the full screen toggle button to update on click in browser
• Prevent pressing left from triggering a back event in well done popup
• Don't increase indent level when removing pass after a function definition
• Make practices pass in lesson 11 when pressing Ctrl+Enter
• Prevent code examples in lesson 13 from getting a scrollbar
• Fix lesson 16 practice 2 tests
• Correct typo in lesson 16 practice 2 tests
• Use versioned lsp url
• Restore ability to scroll with the keyboard
• Ensure long practice titles don't push the UI outside the page