Learn the basics of Lua, a general-purpose programming language used for building games, web apps, and developer tools.
Lua is a powerful and intuitive general-purpose programming language used for building games (such as Roblox, World of Warcraft, and Angry Birds), web apps (such as Venmo and Adobe), and developer tools. This course for beginners will teach you the basics of programming with the Lua language while giving you interactive practice building terminal-based programs.
### Take-Away Skills:
In this course, you will learn a variety of basic programming skills using the Lua language. You'll learn how to:
- Write code in Codecademy's built-in code editor
- Add comments to your code
- Print messages to the terminal
- Identify and use the various data types
- Store data using variables
- Make decisions using conditional statements
- Organize your code using functions
### Notes on Prerequisites:
This course is for beginners who are new to programming. There are no prerequisites for this course!
Lua is a powerful and intuitive general-purpose programming language used for building games (such as Roblox, World of Warcraft, and Angry Birds), web apps (such as Venmo and Adobe), and developer tools. This course for beginners will teach you the basics of programming with the Lua language while giving you interactive practice building terminal-based programs.
### Take-Away Skills:
In this course, you will learn a variety of basic programming skills using the Lua language. You'll learn how to:
- Write code in Codecademy's built-in code editor
- Add comments to your code
- Print messages to the terminal
- Identify and use the various data types
- Store data using variables
- Make decisions using conditional statements
- Organize your code using functions
### Notes on Prerequisites:
This course is for beginners who are new to programming. There are no prerequisites for this course!
