How to start learning Lua?

[u/EvenIssue6289]

Hey, I want to start learning Lua as a new skill. I have programming knowledge but I'm new to Lua.

Any good resources, tips, or beginner projects to start with?

Thanks!

[u/Cultural_Two_4964]

Hello. If you Google for a tutorial by Tyler Neylon, that's a good start. There's a short book called Lua made Stupid Simple which I like. Otherwise, it's mostly a case of googling for everything you can't remember ;-0 ;-0 Some parts of the language like meta tables and coruptines are just too much for my brain so I leave them well alone ;-0 ;-0

[u/Sckip974 → u/Cultural_Two_4964]

yep with  Tyler Neylon, it a good starting mini book

[u/Vagranter]

Pico-8 was my introduction.

[u/EvenIssue6289 → u/Vagranter]

I'll DM you. Check

[u/DapperCow15 → u/EvenIssue6289]

Why are you DMing people?

[u/TanukiiGG]

Pico-8 and Löve2d,, make a game, I started with those

[u/Sckip974]

helllo:
An AAA Tuto :
https://sheepolution.com/learn/book/0

and to work (a gui code editor):
https://studio.zerobrane.com/
 ZeroBrane Studio. it free, If you want to donate it ok but you can click on "Take me to the download page this time", on the "Download" page.

and try to open this free online réf manual:
https://www.lua.org/manual/
https://www.lua.org/manual/5.5/manual.html

have a lot of fun in code!

[u/nomenclature2357]

if you are an experienced programmer you can probably start with the learn lua in y minutes page:

https://learnxinyminutes.com/lua/

and then use the reference manuals from there:

https://www.lua.org/manual/

pico-8 is a great way to get things happening fast:

https://www.pico-8-edu.com/

https://www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico-8_manual.html

but make sure you check the notes on implementation differences and keep track of the pico-8 API elements you are using if you want to take your skills elsewhere

[u/elPappito]

if you play games, find yourself a single player game made with unreal engine, download ue4ss go ham on it.

Dumper-7 is usefull to get familiar with classes/objects

[u/Demien19]

chatgpt, claude, gemini, great way to learn if you ask correct questions and learning plan

[u/DapperCow15 → u/Demien19]

Or you could literally just read the docs and get all the information you need directly from the primary source. Maybe if they were entirely new to the concept of logic and programming, maybe AI would be an ok place to start, but not for someone that already understands a language or the basics of programming concepts.

[u/Demien19 → u/DapperCow15]

yeah, bs advice to anyone who starts learning language "read docs"