Lua Quick Start Guide
Lua Quick Start Guide
A small and concise guide for anyone who wants to learn Lua programming. This book teaches the basics of programming trough Lua regardless of existing skill level. No prior programming experience is necessary. Learn to use Lua as a standalone programming language, or as a scripting language trough the C API.
Book overview
- Understand the basics of programming the Lua language
- Understand how to use tables, the data structure that makes Lua so powerful
- Understand object-oriented programming in Lua using metatables
- Understand standard LUA libraries for math, file io, and more
- Manipulate string data using Lua
- Understand how to debug Lua applications quickly and effciently
- Understand how to embed Lua into applications with the Lua C API
