Best guide for LUA programming

[Rob (R8XFT)]

I'm considering getting the third edition of Roberto Ierusalimschy's "Lua programming", as I do need to get into Lua to support my Civ V projects.

Has anyone any other suggestions before I buy? I'm a beginner when it comes to Lua and purely want it for Civ V - related tasks.

 

[daviiadams]

I plan to do this too, though I'd hoped to find a copy (and alternatives) via the library to use, but no.

 

[Hambil]

I was just at a library looking and did not see this one. I may have to buy it off Amazon. Looks good - current, well written. Just don't forget to combine it with this Specificities of the Lua implementation in Civ5.

 

[Pazyryk]

I'm considering getting the third edition of Roberto Ierusalimschy's "Lua programming", as I do need to get into Lua to support my Civ V projects.

Has anyone any other suggestions before I buy? I'm a beginner when it comes to Lua and purely want it for Civ V - related tasks.

Keep in mind that the 3rd ed above is Lua 5.2. Civ5 uses 5.1. You can access the first edition of the above book online here for Lua 5.0 (so probably as close to 5.1 as the 5.2 book, and just as good for learning). There is also an online reference for 5.1 here. Combined that with the link above for Civ5 implementation and you are good to go...

 

[Hambil]

YMMV but that is one ugly online manual

 

[Rob (R8XFT)]

Keep in mind that the 3rd ed above is Lua 5.2. Civ5 uses 5.1. You can access the first edition of the above book online here for Lua 5.0 (so probably as close to 5.1 as the 5.2 book, and just as good for learning). There is also an online reference for 5.1 here. Combined that with the link above for Civ5 implementation and you are good to go...

Thanks for mentioning that; I discovered via www.lua.org that the first edition is available online, via a link on that homepage. I'll give that a go and save myself £25 .

 

[Hambil]

Thanks for mentioning that; I discovered via www.lua.org that the first edition is available online, via a link on that homepage. I'll give that a go and save myself £25 .

http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/

Yes! Much easier to read, thank you.

 

[kirbdog]

To me, I feel like procedural programming is very much "you've seen one, you've seen them all." The only programming languages that were hard to learn were QBasic and C/C++ because they were the first for me. (And functional programming is a challenge to wrap my head around...) I normally just look up whatever I'm unsure about. It's working so far.