Hi - I'm Tyler.
In this video, I'm going to cover the Lua programming language in about one hour.
I previously wrote a post called Learn Lua in 15 Minutes. That post is basically a quick reference that you can use to get started - a very shallow understanding of the language. Or to refresh your memory if you already know it.
The idea of this video is to take another step toward mastering the language of Lua. I'm going to be covering all of what I consider to be the core of the language, which isn't 100% of everything that you can do with Lua, but it does cover most of what you'll use day-to-day.
Lua is currently at version 5.3. I will cover versions 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3. Which is pretty easy because they're all basically the same. I just have to highlight the small number of differences between those versions.
You might care about older versions of Lua because some C apps will have an older version of Lua embedded in them. Or if you're using LuaJIT, which is the Lua just-in-time compiler, then you are going to be using version 5.1. At least at the time I'm making this video, that's true.
This is the first in what I envision as being a series of Lua videos/tutorials covering more and more advanced topics in Lua. You don't have to watch the rest. If you just want to know how to program in Lua, this is the only video you need to watch.
I can imagine future videos covering the standard library or the C API. Basically, the topics in this book (Programming in Lua). This is the official Lua book.
Let's dive into the language - let's get started!
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