Title, basically. I’m fairly experienced as a 2D game developer, and I’m pretty comfortable with JS, but I want to try my hand at 3D.
I want to take the path of least friction while I’m learning, so would it be easier to use the engine + editor, or just the engine on its own?
Using the editor does make it easier to create a full app but it’s known to throw a few web developers off as it’s not a traditional webdev workflow.
I would say go for the editor. If you have used something like Unity, Unreal or a 3D modelling package, it should feel fairly familiar.
The Keepy Uppy tutorial is one of the better intro project samples to get used to the editor https://developer.playcanvas.com/en/tutorials/keepyup-part-one/