What Language is Used To Develop Using Unity

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What language does one need to use when programming with Unity  Or is it an API for many languages   I read through the docs and I guess I missed the point on the language used   It says it has iOS deployment  would this still allow the programmer to code in objective C   Is Unity an sdk which can be used for many platforms or how does it work  It mentions deploy the same code on multiple platforms

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When you build for iPhone in Unity it does Ahead of Time (AOT) compilation of your mono assembly (written in C# or JavaScript) to native ARM code.

The authoring tool also creates a stub xcode project and references that compiled lib. You can add objective C code to this xcode project if there is native stuff you want to do that isn't exposed in Unity's environment yet (e.g. accessing the compass and/or gyroscope).

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All development is done using your choice of C   Boo  or a dialect of JavaScript    C  needs no explanation     Boo is a CLI language with very similar syntax to Python  it is  however  statically typed and has a few other differences   It s not  really  Python  it just looks similar  The version of JavaScript used by Unity is also a CLI language  and is compiled   Newcomers often assume JS isn t as good as the other three  but it s compiled and just as fast and functional    Most of the example code in the documentation is in JavaScript  if you poke around the official forums and wiki you ll see a pretty even mix of C  and Javascript   Very few people seem to use Boo  but it s just as good  pick the language you already know or are the happiest learning   Unity takes your C  JS Boo code and compiles it to run on iOS  Android  PC  Mac  XBox  PS3  Wii  or web plugin   Depending on the platform that might end up being Objective C or something else  but that s completely transparent to you   There s really no benefit to knowing Objective C  you can t program in it     Update 2019 31 01  Starting from Unity 2017 2  UnityScript   Unity s version of JavaScript  but not identical to  took its first step towards complete deprecation by removing the option to add a  JavaScript  file from the UI  Though JS files could still be used  support for it will completely be dropped in later versions   This also means that Boo will become unusable as its compiler is actually built as a layer on top of UnityScript and will thus be removed as well   This means that in the future only C  will have native support   unity has released a full article on the deprecation of UnityScript and Boo back in August 2017

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As far as I know  you can go with c    You can also use the obscure language  Boo    Found at https   boo-language github io    In the past  before about 2012  it was possible to use a strange variant of Java but that is now deprecated and does not work   Note that Unity builds to Android   iOS  and many other platforms  The fact that iOS programming uses objective-c or Swift  is  completely irrelevant at the Unity3D level   Unity is programmed using c

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One can use any one of the following three scripting languages    JavaScript C  Boo   But my personal choice is C  because I find it faster in comparison to other two

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It uses c   and unityscript javascript   which is supported by the source code in c    and c   plugin support source code  and plugins require pro    The unity3d script reference is really easy to understand use if needed  probably the easiest out of engines like cryengine  udk  etc   Hope this helps

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Some of the core differences between C  and Javascript script syntax in Unity   http   unity3d com learn tutorials modules beginner scripting c-sharp-vs-javascript-syntax  but keep in mind C  is the best one to develop in unity

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Unity3d supports C   Boo and JavaScript  The framework translates this into its intermediate format and later to the desired platform  IOS Android Linux Windows   Keep in mind  C  Scripts are compiled first  followed by JS and Boo Hence if you want a C  script to interact with a JS   you ll have to keep the JS in the Standard Assets Folder

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i remember this from reading some articles about performance in unity from internet which awaring javascript users from using it in unity about really massive issues of using javascript in unity instead of C   it says that C  is almost 4x faster than javascript    i really appreciate that article b c it saved my ass when i was about to start gaming  i dont mean that javascript it bad for unity developers   it is good but my advice could be that if you like using javascript  you should use it for simple small gamesNOT FOR BIG PROJECTS because it really can be a damn problem

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You can use C   Javascript  Boo    Unless computing requirement for the function you write cause heavy load on processor  Javascript gives good enough performance for most cases

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Unity supports  1  UnityScript Is known as Javascript but includes more functionality for the Unity game engine  I think this could be very easy to learn  2  Boo  No experience  3  C   I prefer this as it is useful to learn and you will be able to use this outside of unity as well  I also think it is easy to get used to

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