Any online resources for learning Lingo/Shockwave Director?

Question

I've been doing bits and pieces of work in Lingo while helping a friend with some projects he's working on, but I haven't found any good resources for actually learning the language. I'm sure I could pick up an old book somewhere that explains it, but I really just want a quick lesson and I think a website with some sample code and function reference would be perfect.

Does this exist? My experience searching for lingo documentation in the past leads me to believe that it's just not on the web anywhere.

Answer 1

Off the top of Google's head - http://www.jmckell.com/

And there are links to other sites with similiar too, so check it out.

Answer 2

A great website for learning director and Lingo is Director Online you can find lots of articles that are helpful there.

Answer 3

Like the elves leaving the shores of Middle Earth, the time of lingo programmers is no more.

A mailing list called dirGames-L used to be the best place to ask questions, and seems to be still going:

http://nuttybar.drama.uga.edu/mailman/listinfo/dirgames-l

http://www.shocksites.com used to be ok but looks pretty dead now.

Why not just ask any questions you have straight to StackOverflow?

As for a quick intro to the language, how about

on enterFrame
goto the frame
end

Lingo just looks so dated now!

Answer 4

I know you asked for online resources, but you should get a copy of Lingo in a Nutshell by Bruce Epstein (1998). Used copies are selling on Amazon for pennies.