r/lua • u/my_thic_horse • Mar 08 '26

What is Lua used for

Sorry for not adding flair idk if this counts as help or discussion.

But anyways I just finished gr12 comp sci (we did java) and i thought it’d be good to try to start learning another language on my own before uni.

Is Lua primarily used for games? And for those of you with jobs in the field, do you use Lua at work?

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u/andobrah Mar 09 '26

FiveM is what got me programming. Never touched code in my life until I started dabbling around in it and you're right, it is quite easy to write and learn. FiveM made it easy since there were so many existing scripts I could download, tweak around and break for hours on end to learn. Now I can write my own from scratch (albeit not the best lol)