I know everyone else on here has their own life and their own stuff to do so I dont want to constantly ask really basic questions all the time so instead what are some good resources for someone trying to learn the programming language to use it for modding in minecraft? I've found some tutorials already but they do not go very in depth and I was just wondering if there were any good sources to learn this kind of stuff from.

Try looking at this link

 

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22739920/where-to-start-with-creating-minecraft-client-mods

 

Hope this helped!!

I learned Modding and Java almost entirely through trial & error and watching bad YouTube tutorials, so it is possible to just jump right in the deep end and start making mods. I did have prior programming experience (JavaScript, PHP, HTML, etc.) though, and learning Java was still an extremely big learning curve. You should definitely familiarise yourself with the language and read LOTS of Java tutorials. Once you’ve done this I reccomend creating a GitHub account, downloading GitHub Desktop or another git client, going to https://github.com/Cadiboo/Example-Mod and and cloning/forking/downloading the repository. Once you have done this, follow the setup instructions and start Modding! There are lots of good resources in the README of that repository that you should read. Disclaimer: this is a repo that I set up for this situation, if you have problems feel free to contact me. I check these forums semi-regularly, but if you want to talk to me fast you can add me as Cadiboo#8887 on Discord.

Most of the best resources are listed on Cadiboo's page. Some more resources:

 

MinecraftByExample

Shadowfacts Tutorials (for 1.10.2 but largely applicable to 1.12.2)

Jabelar's Tutorials

For learning Java, I used Codecademy, but there are literally hundreds of places you can go to learn, not least of which is Oracle's docs.

Edited January 14, 20196 yr by Daeruin

Also familiarize yourself with Minecraft's existing mechanics. Not just what it does, but how it does it.  Many of the "I want X but Y" questions can be answered just by cribbing from vanilla.