Is it necessary to use both Javascript and C#

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Maybe I don't fully comprehend the syntax in using C# with the Unity Engine but it begs the question. Is it necessary to use both Javascript and C# or one would suffice. I know nothing of what I don't know.

CAn the entire Unity Engine API be accessed equally either by the Javascript language or C# language?

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Answer by Dreamer · May 25, 2011 at 03:03 AM

It is highly recommended to use one language all over the game. If you use both, you will have a lot of problem. e.g. How you call a function in another script that is written in another language. Using just 1 language is sufficient.

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Joshua · May 25, 2011 at 03:06 AM 2

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It is, however, possible to use both scripts written in JS and C#. But I wouldn't recommend it.

hellcats · May 25, 2011 at 05:11 AM 0

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Actually, cross language function calling is one of the defining characteristics of the .Net system, and therefore Mono. All .Net languages compile down to the Common Intermediate Language (CIL). So it doesn't matter what language a library is written in, it can be called from any other language. You can even subclass in javascript from a class defined in C#, then subclass again from the javascript class with a Boo class. So egalitarian.

But I up-vote that you should just stick with one language if you can. Much easier on everyone that way.

UniteMage · May 25, 2011 at 05:27 AM 0

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Yea I understand. My interest is as to what is going on behind the scenes. No pun given.

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Answer by _Petroz · May 25, 2011 at 03:10 AM

You don't need to learn both, one should be sufficient. The main issue arrises when start using third party libraries which are written in a language which you aren't familiar.

C# has a few more features than java script. C# also is a langauge that is much more widely used which means you can put it on your CV.

For those reasons I reccomend you start with C#.

Edit, some of the features:

So much you Javascript guys are missing over here: functioning code complete with built in documentation, extension methods, LINQ, thousands of online resources, etc, etc

-Prime31

Also worth mentioning that Visual Studio is many orders of magnitude better than MonoDevelop.

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Joshua · May 25, 2011 at 03:12 AM 0

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What more features, specifically, does C# have?

_Petroz · May 25, 2011 at 05:05 AM 0

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I have added a quote from Prime31 who mentions some features specific to C#.

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Answer by Joshua · May 25, 2011 at 03:05 AM

Basically, everything can be done in either JS/BOO/C#.

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Answer by logging_out · May 25, 2011 at 02:57 AM

Well from my experience pretty much everything I've encountered is in Javascript. It mostly depends on what your doing, but you should be able to get around just using Javascript.

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Answer by UniteMage · May 25, 2011 at 03:10 AM

Yea I was afraid of that. I noticed the API documentation is lacking somewhat.

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rockyourteeth · Apr 20, 2015 at 06:56 PM 0

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