A course on WEIDU

By DavidW - v1.1 12/14/2023

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 (Introductory WEIDU)
• Chapter 2 (Programming in WEIDU)
• Chapter 3 (Specific WEIDU commands)
• Chapter 4 (More advanced topics)
• Appendix (the WEIDU readme)

This is a course in basic-to-intermediate WEIDU. The level is somewhat uneven: Chapter 1 explains the basics of WEIDU without assuming any prior modding or programming experience, and I hope should be helpful to new modders. Chapter 2 is a more sophisticated and in-depth discussion, focussing on using WEIDU as a programming language (and de-prioritizing specific applications to IE games); I hope intermediate WEIDU users will find it a good way to get to the next step, and even advanced users might learn something. Chapter 3 discusses some specific programming tasks relevant to IE games, and Chapter 4 discusses some more advanced topics.

v1 (June 2022)

Initial public release.

v1.1 (December 2023)

• Moved to HTML.
• New chapter on advanced techniques (immutability, encapsulation, optmization).
• New section on error handling.
• New section on mod component structure.
• New section on the APPEND function.
• Variable section discusses scope.
• Function section discusses macros.
• New appendix that explains what's where in the official WEIDU readme.