Introduction
If you're reading this, it probably means you want to learn how to make a bot with GCommands Next. Awesome! You've come to the right place. This guide will teach you things such as:
- How to get a bot up and runningopen in new window from scratch;
- How to properly createopen in new window, organizeopen in new window, and expand on your commands;
- In-depth explanations and examples regarding popular topics (e.g. reactionsopen in new window , embedsopen in new window, canvasopen in new window);
- Working with databases (e.g. sequelizeopen in new window and keyvopen in new window);
- Getting started with shardingopen in new window;
- And much more.
Before you begin...
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This guide is much easier to follow if you have existing knowledge of discord.jsopen in new window
Alright, making a bot is cool and all, but there are some prerequisites to it. To create a bot with GCommands Next, you should have a fairly decent grasp of JavaScript itself. While you can make a bot with very little JavaScript and programming knowledge, trying to do so without understanding the language first will only hinder you. You may get stuck on many uncomplicated issues, struggle with solutions to incredibly easy problems, and all-in-all end up frustrated. Sounds pretty annoying.
If you don't know JavaScript but would like to learn about it, here are a few links to help get you started:
- Eloquent JavaScript, a free online bookopen in new window
- JavaScript.info, a modern javascript tutorialopen in new window
- Codecademy's interactive JavaScript courseopen in new window
- Nodeschool, for both JavaScript and Node.js lessonsopen in new window
- MDN's JavaScript guide and full documentationopen in new window
- Google, your best friendopen in new window
Take your pick, learn some JavaScript, and once you feel like you're confident enough to make a bot, come back and get started!