Should I use signals instead of GetNode to pass data between scenes?

This is a READ-ONLY snapshot of the Godot Community Forums when TwistedTwigleg was the owner, which is hosted for archival reasons only. The current Godot Community Forums can be found here.

Some links may point to external websites, including the current Godot Community Forums. These websites are not associated with TwistedTwigleg.

Should I use signals instead of GetNode to pass data between scenes?

godotMonoNoob

Godot best practices: Should I use signals instead of GetNode to pass data between scenes? Furthermore, for what reasons is using a signal better than using a GetNode? From what I understand, you can just use GetNode and then node.Get("property") or node.Call("function") to do everything a signal can...