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[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

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[@ahsanmehmoodqureshi7035]

Basic to advance full tutorial playlist link???

[@rolas2700]

Lol wtf yesterday we just started learning delegates and here I go. What a timing xD...

[@adamodimattia]

You already made the best tutorials there are on events and delegates... Now please tackle interfaces and some practical game examples. Ps. What do you think about DI and Zenject in Unity? Is it worth a tutorial? Or a series? Does using it makes sense? Thanks for great stuff, for many things even if I already know and use them I still come here to get your angle on it.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Right now this is only the second C# video but I plan to continue making them towards building a Beginner to Advanced C# Playlist.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Yup Interfaces is definitely a topic I'd like to cover, I have a video coming soon on how to make a Modular Character Controller which uses Interfaces a lot in order to make the modules. Dependency Injection is something that I always keep in the back of my mind and it really helps me write cleaner more decoupled code.

[@_Garm_]

finally some one who explains how to use delegates, not how to create the delegates ! thank you :D

[@Gers217]

So delegates are like variables that store functions. Nice video. Waiting for more of this kind of topic

[@ruffone8047]

This is the beat long-handed description of the term "delegates" I have heard. I had trouble wrapping my head around the term, but I read this comment and it clicked.

[@SkeleTonHammer]

I've used delegates before but never understood entirely how they work, and I always forget how to set them up, and what I can do with them, without looking up an example every time. This explanation just made it all click finally.

[@ScilexGuitar]

Made it click, thank you

[@MasterBroNetwork]

Kind of like Lua Metatables then.

[@kobey2333]

3 years later this comment made delegates fully make sense

[@77BeerGuy]

I'm still having a hard time wrapping my head around all the new terms, but this video has clarified so much about the delagate system. I especially liked how you broke down the delegate, then showed exactly what was going on behind the scene, followed by an iteration the syntax, examples, and another iteration. Now I can go back to the older videos and finally understand what you are writing! I feel like you just unlocked hours of your videos (an others who use variations of the other syntax) for me. Thanks!

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I'm glad you found the video useful! Thanks!

[@andrewalex478]

Same! finaly can understand previous videos! :D

[@deadly_artist]

Dude, I was always wondering what that weird looking code was supposed to do that some people used. glad i stumbled over this video explaining everything extremely understandable.

[@Kokomo78]

I checked almost 10 video tutorial to understand why I should use 'Delegate' but none of them gave me a clear understanding. But your tutorial, specifically the clip from 15:00 clear off all the clouds in my head. Now I know! Amazing clip! Thank you a lot.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I'm glad the video helped you!

[@robertmcdonell831]

Thank you so much for such an awesome and helpful tutorial! Also, important to note: We found out that although we cannot explicitly refer to and remove a lambda expressed function from the delegate, you can still clear out the delegate if necessary like this: public void RemoveAllCallbacks() { Delegate[] myDelegateList = MyDelegate.GetInvocationList(); if (MyDelegate != null) { foreach (var method in MyDelegate) MyDelegate -= method as DelegateCall; } } This has helped up tremendously. Thank you so much!

[@erz3030]

I dunno what it is about you, but you explain things in such a way where a thing I had a 50% grasp on previously, now make SO MUCH SENSE. I could watch 5 other videos on the subject, and this is the only one that I feel that got me to the point of understanding WHY/HOW it's implemented. Your examples are so simple but thorough!

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Thanks! Glad you found the video helpful!

[@chikato7106]

Sweet!! I'm loving these c# core tutorials. I have a Unity Engineer interview coming up and I feel like an imposter, so I hope I get it. Going through these videos help.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Best of luck!

[@EgyptUnderGroundArmy]

I hope you got the job dude!

[@cyberfalcon2872]

10 biggest cliffhangers in the history... number 3:

[@krzysztofpaszkiewicz1274]

He was the impostor. He was ejected... ;)

[@purpl3grape]

Petition to rename 'func' to 'funk'

[@JanZbedny]

Excellent tutorial, thank you!

[@nikodemos71]

"Mindblown" would describe precisely the way I felt when you showed the example about the attack types! Most games I've done so far are really, really simple projects but if I kept coding in the trivial way I would face obvious scalability issues in the future, well no more, thanks to this tutorial!

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I'm glad you found the video useful!

[@bausHuck]

Been trying to find information about Events all day. So many videos talked about delegates and never explained them simply for a beginner. You are the first to simplify it. Now I think I understand Delegates and how Events relate to them. You also showed great ways to use them so I can see their potential (and also how bad my beginner code is). Thanks.

[@mrCetus]

Awesome video, thank you for explaining "why we should use it" (not only "how") and providing the practical examples!

[@teh1archon]

Thank you very much! I've been working with delegates professionally for almost two years now but I couldn't do it right without referencing from previous work how to do it right, but after this video it is finally nailed down in my brain. You're the man!

[@kaminmiller]

I'm just getting started with Unity and C# and had been having troubles with Event Systems, and just 4 minutes in to this video it finally clicked. Thank you for this.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I'm glad the video helped, thanks!

[@jahoopyjaheepu497]

One of the best and clearest delegate explanation videos on KZbin. Great!

[@logiis2377]

I never understood how to implement delegates. I watched dozens of videos. Now I understand. THANKS.

[@zenbrandon]

I've just found your channel, and I can safely say you are easily my new favorite game dev channel. Keep up the awesome work, man!

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Thanks!

[@BeansEnjoyer911]

Subscribed. I’m a .Net engineer about a year and a half of experience. This video was super helpful.

[@amitbaghel9584]

Not a game developer. I have learned the basics of all these concepts which I could not until now. Everything was mystery and now it seems so straight forward. Thanks..!!

[@bahrig]

after watching dozens of videos which includes some of yours also, this made everything clear. i mean every single detail is super clear now. thanks for your effort

[@michaelross3061]

Definitely highlights some extremely useful ways to implement delegates. Great video! Thanks 😊

[@TwitchCronos100]

Interesting and well-made video on delegates, I have never really understood when to use them efficiently before working with APIs for the most part in my work, but I can definitely see the use of it now for games especially and will try to apply it to my own hobby games. Thank you for a great video!

[@giovannazanella]

I was following the concept but only really grasped it when you gave the examples at the end. thank you for this!

[@thomasremastered6941]

I'm just impressed about how you are able to explain something that was hard for me to understand in a few minutes only ! Thank you for this amazing tutorial ! I'm definitely subscribing to this channel, and going to watch the other tutorials about c sharp basics !

[@mostafaebeed9749]

wow i was always struggling with delegates and events but you sir made them extremely easy ... thank you ... you are my best teacher

[@Bengha2011]

Love your videos! I have been coding for 20 years....but still learn new stuff with your vids.

[@olon1993]

Amazing tutorial! The demonstration of specific use cases really made it all click for me.

[@JoramVanhaerens]

Probably the best tutorial i've followed on the subject thus far. Much appreciated!

[@overrideFunction]

Thanks for giving a real-world game use case. That really helped me understand why learning this would be valuable.

[@3isr3g3n]

Mate this is gold i'm gonna recommend it to my former game design class teacher

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I'm glad you liked the video!

[@neodos]

Fantastic tutorial, simple and concise, great examples of use cases, thank you.

[@ByzantineFault]

Thank you so much! I've been struggling with those a lot. This made my understanding a little bit clearer

[@dspartan007]

This one, and the video about events, were really helpful. Thanks.

[@dannykay4649]

Didn't know much about the Func types. The event videos are really awesome!

[@torkdevs7723]

Thank you! This made me understand delegates a lot more, and it gave me and idea on how to solve an issue I've been having.

[@aquaarmour4924]

There have been very high quality, highly requested and very helpful videos during the past few weeks. Thank you so much for your effort.

[@aquaarmour4924]

I personally don't really care about DOTS right now as there are many basic features that don't work in it right now and by the time dots is production ready, a lot of it will be different so I will have to relearn. I am personally just going to wait for it to be production ready.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

The DOTS core is meant to come out of Preview in 2-3 months so while it will take a long time for all the tools like UI, NavMesh, etc, to be converted into DOTS the base shouldn't really change significantly.

[@kushagraagarwal7813]

Awesome tutorial, immensely useful yet simple intuitive code-based examples. More power to you

[@NuttyMongrel]

Thanks! The punch/sword attack example helped clarify for me why actions are actually useful

[@gligom]

Thank you! I have learned from this video what i have not from 100 books and other 100 videos. I am not a game developer, more on the web apps and database, but with you i can that i will start learning Unity ☺️

[@Patricebrouh]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks to your video, I fully understand what are delegates, lambda expression, action, etc. Before I was afraid of these statements

[@fernandosouto4199]

I am really stunned with these tutorials! Thanks alot!

[@alsantour8835]

Great video and great job explaining it! I often use Action and Event delegates, and understand how they work through using them, but good to get a simple explanation from the ground up! I always got wierded out by lambdas but I think I get it now!!

[@foreducation408]

this is soo in-depth, just what I needed, at the time I am increasing my C# knowledge and your tutorials and the unity official ones are the most helpful although your videos are more in-depth that's what I prefer, thanks for making these awesome videos.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I'm glad the video helped you! Thanks!

[@eu.gabs.silva.]

Like Always, your videos are just amazing. I watched the Basics Events one and now this....I really feel I'm leveling up. Thaaaaaaanks.

[@mouseclicker4955]

Oh my goodness! I finally understand why delegates are useful. This is perhaps the only online resource that clearly explains what delegates are and how to practically use them - and it's free! You're amazing!

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I'm glad the video helped you! Thanks!

[@Vengrix]

WOW!!! amazing video!! I've been learning unity for the alst 2 months and this open my mind, I'm pretty sure my code will improve a lot by knowing all this. Thank you! =D

[@jackwo95]

Great video! It sure made me understand how delegate works! Thank you so much!

[@superjohndogg]

This is the best video for explaining these concepts! Great work mate and thanks

[@hidemat5141]

This is an awesome explanation for delegates, thanks so much.

[@Phasma_Tacitus]

You're a godsend. Great programmer with great didactics.

[@Sampza12]

Very helpful video. These c# basics videos are very clear to understand and they have a lot of good information

[@user-hz4tc2pf3x]

This is crazy good. Bonus points for making your code look like a transformer from 3020

[@tubejuanso]

Great and simple video man, much better than reading the MS documentation!

[@lesarch]

How did I not understand all these before your video? Amazing tutorial!

[@IdBeBack]

Never learned so much in "Intro", thanks!

[@seanloughran6714]

I am writing a new class for Marching Cubes, and I was going to abstract out the data retrieval and culling of data and colors outside of the Marching Cubes algorithm using Delegates. I looked at the ObjectPool from UNITY as a reference, as they do it very similarly to how I wanted to. I was immediately confused by Delegate vs Action vs Func and within 10mins you explained them all and I am empowered to move forward! Thanks as always for these amazing videos!

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I'm glad the video helped! Thanks!

[@glasgood9907]

Fantastic use case examples.

[@Mikael._]

Great tutorial, spent my weekend with no internet, and did some timer functions for my Tycoon game buildings. This is very interesting, will try to implement tonight cause there are diferent buildings using diferent timers and actions. Thanks ^^.

[@lephobix]

Omg finally I found this tutorial! I never understood how lambda functions work...thx for the nice tutorial!🤗

[@phutureproof]

Man, I stumbled on your complete course, am halfway through it but I have my own ideas I keep trying and I gotta say every question I have, you have a video for, cheers!

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Nice! Great job on applying your own ideas, that's how you truly learn! Keep at it!

[@GregX999]

I watched this after watching like 3 or 4 other videos about delegates. The other videos were a waste of time - I should have started with this one! By far the clearest explanation and examples.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I'm glad you found the video helpful! Thanks!

[@jonatansanchez1840]

Awesome explanation! Well done, thanks a lot.

[@JayadevHaddadi]

one of the most useful c-sharp videos! thanks 👍🙏😊

[@whocares6763]

Never learnd so much in such short Time.Thx for the awesome Stuff.

[@chakravarthye]

Lovely explanation. Thank you

[@yassinealoui7539]

A very good and simple explanation . thank you

[@NewbNinjas]

So back to delegates, this stuff has finally sunk in. It's only my third time using them so it's not like it took me 3 months to learn it but I thought I'd say thanks AGAIN because this should really help me get through your Unity NetCode tutorials. Thanks a million CM.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Heh it does take a while to click but when it does it's another excellent tool in your toolbox!

[@huachimingoX]

man thank you for your videos, watching you its more fun than watching netflix

[@amosegel2510]

It is incredible how fast you type.

[@rambertoeco8930]

Another splendid one, thanks!

[@to-bt3le]

Really helpful for beginners. Thank you ~

[@bathi1953]

Really Useful explaination .Thanks alot .It's good to see code in Action

[@CrAzYpotpie]

Great video, thanks for the detailed explanation each step of the way.

[@HikeThePlanets]

You're a genius teacher, thank you!

[@RafaAyadi]

Great tutorial. Thanks!

[@nelsonthekinger]

Very very clean explanation, this was beautiful, congrats (Y)

[@rushas]

This flew way above my head

[@kopilkaiser8991]

You are the best tutor available on KZbin. I understood a lot on Delegates watching your explaination.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Thanks! I'm glad the video helped you!

[@rocksfire4390]

i wish this video was around before i learned from many many other videos. this explanation/showcase is simple and clean and the last 3ish minutes has to be the best way to showcase the practical uses of delegates i have ever seen. nothing worse then getting examples that make no sense and/or have no practical use.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Thanks! I do try very hard to teach the theory and also show practical use cases.

[@marino1805]

yeah the last part was really nice

[@farvardinmainyu1961]

Thank you Code Monkey. Excellent tutorials.

[@minkymoo5773]

Oh, this seems really useful! Thank you!

[@ehaviv]

First time I learn what is delegate and how to use it after almost 2 year of coding.... thanks!!!

[@Caphalem]

A Unity developer that knows how to C# properly? That's an easy sub :P

[@JakobTheQuizGuy]

Amazing tutorial, thank you so much!

[@gamedevGod]

It is best video about C# delegates all over youtube. Thank you so much for you work! My head was exploding because of delegates, but now I understand a lot

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I'm glad the video helped you! Thanks!

[@iexuvia4610]

wow, it's cleaner and shorter, amazingly explains how to use delegate!

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Yup it's an awesome C# feature! super useful

[@ashishtayade047]

Thank you sir very nice gide & very nice best information C# delegate teaching video.👍

[@hippogamez7937]

Thank you code monkey for making me a better programmer every day!

[@Oliver_Koppert]

Really useful video, thanks!

[@icantsurf89]

What a great video, thanks for the real world examples.

[@gelistiriciningozunden]

Amazing tutorials i even understand Generic Classes.

[@divinemaker]

Beautiful Tutorial, Helped me a LOT :)

[@NewbNinjas]

As a C++ programmer ... this just blew my mind a little. Granted I'm a little rusty on C++ as well since I havent coded for 10 years but still .... yeah, uhm ... BOOOOOM! Thanks for the video again CM.

[@abcdeereijgfhd3215]

very good explanation. I like the lecture!

[@ligacaopeptidica7524]

I love your tutorials so much

[@anormalguy8407]

thanks for the tutorial! as a java developer this is a whole new concept to me and it was explained very good : )

[@aditijha5737]

Finally understood the concept! Thanks for making such awesome videos!! Love from India!!!

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I'm glad the video helped you! Thanks!

[@yeica]

Wow, great explanation and examples, thank you such much, I'm subscribing

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

I'm glad the video helped you! Thanks!