# C# Beginner
These tutorials cover the beginner principles of using C# when working with the Stride game engine. Start here if you are new to Stride. Note: these tutorials are not a introduction to C# itself. Although having some coding experience is useful, it is not mandatory to get started with these tutorials. You can create the C# beginner tutorial project by starting the Stride launcher. Create a new project and select the template: Tutorials -> C# beginner. Every single scene is loaded as a child scene and demonstrates a sample script. 

All tutorials have a Youtube video. You can watch the entire Beginners playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRZx2y7uC8mNySUMfOQf-TLNVnnHkLfPi 

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## Youtube Tutorial Series
There is a YouTube series covering this CSharpBeginner course.  It is a great companion and may be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2kUQhSmdr0&list=PLRZx2y7uC8mNySUMfOQf-TLNVnnHkLfPi

# All tutorials 
<div class='tutorial'>
    [
    <div class='tutorial_title'>
       <h2>Getting the Entity</h2>
    </div>
    <div class='stride-documentation-image'>
        ![Getting the Entity tutorial](media/getting-the-entity_thumb.png "Getting the Entity") 
    </div>
    <div class='tutorial_description'>

        <ul>
            <li>Retrieve the entity</li> 
            <li>Retrieve the parent</li> 
            <li>Print debug text</li> 
        </ul>
    </div>
    ](entity.md) 
</div>

<div class='tutorial'>
    [
    <div class='tutorial_title'>
       <h2>Child entities</h2>
    </div>
    <div class='stride-documentation-image'>
        ![Child entities tutorial](media/child-entities_thumb.png "Child entities") 
    </div>
    <div class='tutorial_description'>
        <ul>
            <li>Get a specific child entity</li> 
            <li>Get children in a list</li> 
            <li>Get children of children</li> 
        </ul>
    </div>
    ](child-entities.md) 
</div>

<div class='tutorial'>
    [
    <div class='tutorial_title'>
       <h2>The transform</h2>
    </div>
    <div class='stride-documentation-image'>
        ![The transform tutorial](media/transform-position_thumb.png "The transform") 
    </div>
    <div class='tutorial_description'>
        <ul>
            <li>Accessing the Transform component</li> 
            <li>Get the local position</li> 
            <li>Get the world position</li> 
        </ul>
    </div>
    ](transform-position.md) 
</div>


<div class='tutorial'> 
    [
    <div class='tutorial_title'>
       <h2>Editor properties</h2>
    </div>
    <div class='stride-documentation-image'>
        ![Editor properties tutorial](media/editor-properties_thumb.png "Editor properties")  
    </div>
    <div class='tutorial_description'>
        <ul>
            <li>Defining various editor properties</li> 
            <li>Defining lists</li> 
            <li>Hiding public properties</li> 
        </ul>
    </div>
    ](editor-properties.md) 
</div>

<div class='tutorial'>
    [
    <div class='tutorial_title'>
       <h2>Getting a component</h2>
    </div>
    <div class='stride-documentation-image'>   
        ![Get a component tutorial](media/getting-a-component_thumb.png "Get a component")
    </div>
    <div class='tutorial_description'>
        <ul>
            <li>Getting a component</li> 
            <li>Remove a component</li> 
            <li>Access methods of other components</li> 
        </ul>
    </div>
    ](get-component.md) 
</div>

<div class='tutorial'>
    [
    <div class='tutorial_title'>
       <h2>Adding a component</h2>
    </div>
    <div class='stride-documentation-image'>
        ![Add a component tutorial](media/adding-a-component_thumb.png "Add a component")
    </div>
    <div class='tutorial_description'>
        <ul>
            <li>Adding a component</li> 
            <li>Removing all components of 1 type</li> 
            <li>Create a component if it doesn't exists</li> 
        </ul>
    </div>
    ](add-component.md) 
</div>


<div class='tutorial'> 
    [
    <div class='tutorial_title'>
       <h2>Delta time</h2>
    </div>
    <div class='stride-documentation-image'>
        ![Delta time tutorial](media/deltatime_thumb.png "Delta time")
    </div>
    <div class='tutorial_description'>
        <ul>
            <li>Retrieving delta time</li> 
            <li>Making a simple timer</li> 
            <li>Making a simple countdown timer</li> 
        </ul>
    </div>
    ](delta-time.md) 
</div>

<div class='tutorial'>
    [
    <div class='tutorial_title'>
       <h2>Cloning an entity</h2>
    </div>
    <div class='stride-documentation-image'>
        ![Cloning an entity tutorial](media/cloning-entities_thumb.png "Cloning an entity")
    </div>
    <div class='tutorial_description'>
        <ul>
            <li>Cloning an entity</li> 
            <li>Adding an entity to the current scene</li> 
            <li>Adding an entity as a child to a parent entity</li> 
        </ul>
    </div>
    ](cloning-entities.md) 
</div>

<div class='tutorial'>
    [
    <div class='tutorial_title'>
       <h2>Removing an entity</h2>
    </div>
    <div class='stride-documentation-image'>
        ![Removing an entity tutorial](media/removing-entity_thumb.png "Removing an entity")   
    </div>
    <div class='tutorial_description'>
        <ul>
            <li>Cloning new entities using a timer</li> 
            <li>Removing entities using a timer</li> 
            <li>Removing an entity from the scene</li> 
        </ul>
    </div>
    ](removing-entities.md) 
</div>


<div class='tutorial'> 
    [
    <div class='tutorial_title'>
       <h2>Keyboard input</h2>
    </div>
    <div class='stride-documentation-image'>
        ![Keyboard input tutorial](media/keyboard-input_thumb.png "Keyboard input tutorial") 
    </div>
    <div class='tutorial_description'>
        <ul>
            <li>Holding down a key</li> 
            <li>Clicking a key</li> 
            <li>Releasing a key</li> 
        </ul>
    </div>
    ](keyboard-input.md) 
</div>

<div class='tutorial'>
    [
    <div class='tutorial_title'>
       <h2>Mouse input</h2>
    </div>
    <div class='stride-documentation-image'> 
        ![Mouse input tutorial](media/mouse-input_thumb.png "Mouse input tutorial")
    </div>
    <div class='tutorial_description'>
        <ul>
            <li>Holding down a mouse button</li> 
            <li>Clicking or releasing a mouse button</li> 
            
            <li>Using the mouse wheel </li> 
        </ul>
    </div>
    ](mouse-input.md) 
</div>

<div class='tutorial'>
    [
    <div class='tutorial_title'>
       <h2>Virtual buttons</h2>
    </div>
    <div class='stride-documentation-image'>
        ![Virtual buttons tutorial](media/virtual-buttons_thumb.png "Virtual buttons tutorial")
    </div>
    <div class='tutorial_description'>
        <ul>
            <li>Defining a virtual key configuration</li> 
            <li>Binding input to the configuration</li> 
            <li>Using the virtual buttons</li> 
        </ul>
    </div>
    ](virtual-buttons.md) 
</div>


<div class='tutorial'> 
    [
    <div class='tutorial_title'>
       <h2>Linear Interpolation</h2>
    </div>
    <div class='stride-documentation-image'>
        ![Linear Interpolation tutorial](media/lerp_thumb.png "Linear Interpolation tutorial") 
    </div>
    <div class='tutorial_description'>
        <ul>
            <li>Calculating 'lerp' value</li> 
            <li>Lerp between vector 3</li> 
            <li>Random values</li> 
        </ul>
    </div>
    ](linear-interpolation.md) 
</div>

<div class='tutorial'> 
    [
    <div class='tutorial_title'>
       <h2>Loading content</h2>
    </div>
    <div class='stride-documentation-image'>
        ![Loading content tutorial](media/loading-content_thumb.png "Loading content tutorial") 
    </div>
    <div class='tutorial_description'>
        <ul>
            <li>Loading content from code</li> 
            <li>Unloading content</li> 
            <li>Attach models to entities</li> 
        </ul>
    </div>
    ](loading-content.md) 
</div>

<div class='tutorial'> 
    [
    <div class='tutorial_title'>
       <h2>Instantiating prefabs</h2>
    </div>
    <div class='stride-documentation-image'>
        ![Instantiating prefabs tutorial](media/instantiating-prefabs_thumb.png "Instantiating prefabs tutorial") 
    </div>
    <div class='tutorial_description'>
        <ul>
            <li>Instantiate prefab</li> 
            <li>Load prefab from content</li> 
            <li>Parent prefab entity</li> 
        </ul>
    </div>
    ](instantiating-prefabs.md) 
</div>