Lua Tutorials

Overview

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Dive into a comprehensive series of Lua tutorials covering Lua 5.2 and 5.3. Begin with the basics of getting started, variables, and logic statements, then progress through loops, tables, and functions. Explore advanced topics such as memory management, closures, object-oriented programming, and metatables. Learn about coroutines, environments, weak tables, and finalizers. Discover how to work with modules and utilize various Lua libraries including math, table, bitwise operations, string manipulation, input/output, operating system interactions, and debugging. Gain insights into Lua 5.3 changes and delve into the C library, learning how to communicate between Lua and C, work with tables in C, and call C functions from Lua.

Syllabus

Lua 5.2 Tutorial 1: Getting Started.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 2: Variables.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 3: Logic Statements and Conditionals.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 4: Loops.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 5: Basic Tables.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 6: Basic Functions.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 7: Memory Mangement.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 8: Advanced functions and Closures.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 9: Advanced Tables Part 1.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 10: Advanced Tables Part 2 (OOP and Metatables).
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 11: The Generic For Loop.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 12: Running External Code.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 13: Coroutines.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 14: The Environment.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 15: Weak tables and Finalizers.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 16: Modules.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 17: The Math Library.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 18: The Table Library.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 19: The Bitwise Library.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 20: The String Library Part 1.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 21: The String Library Part 2.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 22: The IO Library.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 23: The OS Library.
Lua 5.2 Tutorial 24: The Debug Library.
Lua Tutorial 25: Miscellaneous Functions.
Lua 5.3 Changes Explained Part 1/2.
Lua Tutorial 23: Beginning the C Library.
Lua Tutorial 24: Communicating from Lua to C.
Lua Tutorial 25: Calling Functions From C.
Lua Tutorial 26: Using Tables in C library.
Lua Tutorial 27: Multidimensional Tables In The C Library.
Lua Tutorial 28: Calling C Functions From Lua.