I am a programmer - will modding come easy to me?

[RustyOrchard]

I program in Java and Javascript. Right now I am working on Android app, and soon will be making a web app. I know some devops as well like cloud hosting in AWS, Digital Ocean, Heroku etc.

My questions is: how easy will modding come to me? Maybe it will be harder? Cause I just want to screw around with a map i've known for years. I have no problems with jumping between languages and tech stacks, so I wonder how hard it will be to pick up modding. Are there any non-programming related things I should learn that modding requires?

 

[Swatosj]

Hi RustyOrchard ! Welcome to one of the best creative community still alive

It seems we got the same programming background, let me tell you that this will be easier than you think.

I've been using GUI/vJass for a while and a Notepad++ vJass plugin to ease code manipulation. However, this is a bit old school so let me introduce you 2 newer options you should give a try first :

- Wurst : a convenient programming language designed to compile JASS, comes with a documentation and a VSCode extension

- LUA : War3 now supports LUA language which is a more modern solution to Jass, you can find a VSCode Integration here

Patch 1.31 did introduce many new useful native functions aswell, you may give a look to this community documentation

That being said, the Hiveworkshop will be your new home when it comes to war3 modding, questions, ressources and tutorials

 

[Drake53]

In addition to jass/lua/wurst mentioned above, you can also program for warcraft 3 using C#, typescipt, and python. Check this post for some useful links.

 

[Chaosy]

The coding part will obviously be easy.
Learning the engine and tools will not.