Re: lua : learning : pre-requisite knowledge?

Subject: Re: lua : learning : pre-requisite knowledge?
From: Milind Gupta &lt;milind.gupta@ ... &gt;
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:26:32 -0700

Hello Mayuresh,

I think the best way is to start coding in Lua and not wait to finish reading the books. The best starting point I can think of is download LuaDist and run this file from the command prompt:

> lua quickluatour.lua

This file is from Luaforwindows which is now no longer updated but provided a very good introduction to lua.

The best way to learn it then is to take a simple problem and program it. Like creating a program to do permutations of letters of a string without recursion is a good way to get a hold on using loops and conditions.

Regards,

Milind

On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> wrote:

On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 12:54:00PM -0500, Andrew Starks wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> wrote:
>
> > would "programming in lua" by mr. ierusalimschy, 3rd edition be a good
> > starting point?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
>
> This book is a necessity. Also, it is somewhat above "absolute beginner."
> It's still approachable, but many of the concepts do not have the kind of
> background context that you would find in a beginning book.
>

> [snip]

>
> Beginning Programming in Lua is focused on using Lua as a way to teach you
> programming.

oh, okay, for teaching myself real programming, i intend to work through;
"zen-style programming" by nils m holm (http://www.t3x.org/).

thanks for alerting me to the real nature of 'pil', will jump into it after
tackling 'zsp'. :)

best,

~mayuresh