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Lua Simplified: A Beginner's Guide to Powerful Scripting

Lua Simplified: A Beginner's Guide to Powerful Scripting


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Dreaming of adding powerful scripting to games, applications, or systems, but daunted by complex programming languages? Lua offers an elegant solution - a language renowned for its simplicity, speed, and ease of integration. But how do you get started? Enter Lua Simplified: A Beginner's Guide to Powerful Scripting. This comprehensive, yet accessible guide is your pathway to mastering Lua, taking you from the absolute basics to writing effective, real-world code. Whether you're a complete novice or have some programming experience, this book demystifies Lua's core concepts and shows you how to apply them practically. Inside, you'll discover: The Fundamentals: Grasp essential syntax, data types (numbers, strings, booleans, nil), and control flow (loops, conditionals) with clear explanations. Lua's Unique Strengths: Dive deep into tables, the cornerstone of Lua data structures, and unlock their potential with powerful metatables and metamethods. Effective Code Organization: Learn to write clean, reusable code using functions, closures, and Lua's straightforward module system to structure larger projects. Robust Programming: Understand error handling techniques (pcall, assert) and cooperative multitasking with coroutines to build resilient applications. Practical Application: Explore Lua's standard libraries (math, string, io, os, table) and see how Lua is used effectively in game development, web servers, and as an embedded scripting language. Quality Code Practices: Move beyond just functional code by learning style conventions, debugging strategies, testing basics, and performance considerations. Lua Simplified doesn't just teach you the syntax; it guides you through the why behind Lua's design, focusing on practical examples and building a solid foundation for future exploration, including OOP patterns and even interacting with C code. Perfect for aspiring game developers, programmers needing an embeddable scripting language, system administrators looking for automation tools, or anyone curious about this versatile language.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798281432382
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 208
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Beginner's Guide to Powerful Scripting
  • Width: 191 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8281432381
  • Publisher Date: 25 Apr 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Weight: 417 gr


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