Re: Getting Started with Lua

[Daniel Aquino <mr.danielaquino@...>]

Some try sites like haskell's have full blown walk throughs..


On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Joseph Stewart
<joseph.stewart@gmail.com> wrote:
> Take a look at golang.org as I nice "getting started" example.
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> On Wednesday, December 21, 2011, Thijs Schreijer <thijs@thijsschreijer.nl>
> wrote:
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: lua-l-bounces@lists.lua.org [mailto:lua-l-bounces@lists.lua.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Gavin Wraith
>>> Sent: woensdag 21 december 2011 22:49
>>> To: lua-l@lists.lua.org
>>> Subject: Re: Getting Started with Lua
>>>
>>> In message <20111221211200.GA9929@magritte.tecgraf.puc-rio.br> you
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Does the Lua web site need a page "Getting Started with Lua",
>>> > perhaps along the lines of http://python.org/about/gettingstarted/ ?
>>> > ............................
>>> > I've tried this but I cannot find the right tone or level of detail:
>>> >      http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/~lhf/tmp/start.htm
>>> > .........................
>>> > I welcome suggestions, including "no, we don't need this"... Thanks.
>>>
>>> Please excuse some rather obvious remarks about this. It is necessary
>>> to distinguish between 1) the levels of programming experience that
>>> the newcomer to Lua already has, and 2) the platforms that she is
>>> accustomed to use.
>>>
>>> I would suggest that the complete beginner, with no programming
>>> experience, is best catered for by platform-specific tutorials.
>>>
>>> For the more experienced I think it would be good for the Lua website
>>> to have some sample programs illustrating Lua's strengths, possibly
>>> giving comparisons with other languages. See, for example, Michael
>>> Newberry's remarks on the LuaList on Tue, 30 Nov 2004:
>>> "Re: Why Lua is not BASIC - other articles?"
>>> As always, the difficulty is in finding programming tasks to
>>> illustrate that are neither too lengthy nor too trivial.
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>> I wouldn't do it along those Lines. Here's my 2cts;
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>> The way I see it Lua has 2 audiences;
>>  1 - Lua coders
>>  2 - Lua embedders
>> Both with a completely different need, so give them both their own heading
>> on the page. The latter would require quick links to the API and some C
>> examples. The former needs access to the basic tools and Lua language
>> help/FAQ/wiki.
>> The platform specific stuff is beyond any beginner audience anyway (except
>> for platform specific startup items like the IDE's etc.)
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>> For learning resources; PiL, Lua reference, FAQ, unofficial FAQ, wiki.
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