Book Description
After reading this book, you will be ready to use Lua as a programming language to write code that can interface with the operating system, automate tasks, make playable games and much more. This book is a solid starting point for those who want to learn Lua in order to move onto other technologies such as Love2D or Defold.
What you will learn
- 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
