Yao Ray. Lua Programming in 8 Hours For Beginners. Learn Coding Fast!

In Easy Step-by-Step, 2021. — 127 p.Absolutely for Beginners. "Lua Programming in 8 Hours" covers all essential Lua language knowledge. You can learn complete primary skills of Lua programming quickly and easily. The book includes more than 60 practical examples for beginners and includes tests & answers for the college exam, the engineer certification exam, and the job interview exam. This book is only for Lua beginners, it is not suitable for experienced Lua programmers. Lua is a lightweight, advanced, multi-pattern scripting language designed chiefly for embedded applications so that it can provide flexible expansion and customizing features. Lua is written in standard C language and can be compiled and run on almost any operating system and platform. Lua scripts can be easily invoked by C/C++ code, and can also call C/C++ functions in reverse, which makes Lua widely available in applications. Lua can be used not only as an extension script but also as a plain programming file. It can replace XML, INI, and other file formats and is easier to understand and maintain.Lua usually works in conjunction with other languages. Lua is a small but powerful scripting language.
Lua is a scripting language, like embedding JavaScript code in HTML, that helps with web development and web design.
Lua can make game programs and game configuration files.
Lua can help with extensions and database plug-ins, such as MySQL proxy.
Lua can help with security systems, such as intrusion detection systems.