Lua

Full Lua course — 54 topics from the basics to advanced use.

Lessons

• Modules and Packages
• Error Handling
• Coroutines
• Coroutine Patterns
• Variable Attributes: const and close
• The Basic Library
• table Library
• math Library
• io and os Libraries
• load, Chunks, Bytecode and Sandboxing
• The debug Library
• Introduction to Lua
• Installation, Tools and First Program
• Values, Types and Variables
• Numbers and Arithmetic
• Strings
• Operators and Expressions
• Control Structures
• Tables: The Basics
• Embedding Lua in C/C++
• Extending Lua: Writing C Modules
• Userdata, Registry and Advanced C API
• LuaJIT and the FFI
• Lua Dialects and Implementations
• Bindings for Other Languages
• LuaRocks and Popular Libraries
• Game Development with LÖVE
• Roblox and Luau
• Other Game Engines
• Neovim Configuration and Plugins
• Web and Networking
• Lua in Databases and Infrastructure
• Embedded and IoT
• Scripting and Configuration Languages
• Testing
• Static Analysis, Formatting and Type Annotations
• Debugging and Profiling
• Performance Optimization
• Security and Sandboxing in Production
• Lua Internals, Version History and Best Practices
• Appendices: Projects, Interview Questions, Cheat Sheet & Resources
• Functions
• Closures, Upvalues and Higher-Order Functions
• Tables in Depth
• Iterators and the Generic for
• Data Structures with Tables
• String Library and Patterns
• UTF-8 and Unicode
• Metatables and Metamethods
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Inheritance, Mixins and Class Libraries
• Environments, _ENV and Globals
• Weak Tables, Finalizers and Garbage Collection
• Course Overview