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Lua is spreading more and more throughout different areas of software, from embedded systems and mobile devices to the Web and the Internet of Things. Besides, it has a major role in the game industry, where knowledge of Lua has become an indisputable asset. Lua is the language of choice for anyone who needs a scripting language that is simple, efficient, extensible, portable, and free. Programming in Lua is the official book about the language, providing a solid base to any programmer who wants to use Lua. Authored by Roberto Ierusalimschy, the chief architect of the language, it covers all aspects of Lua 5---from the basics to its API with C. The book is the main source of programming patterns for Lua, with numerous code examples that help the reader to make the most of Lua's flexibility and powerful mechanisms. Programming in Lua is targeted at people with some programming background, but does not assume any prior knowledge about Lua or other scripting languages. This Fourth Edition updates the book to Lua 5.3 and marks a complete reorganization of the text. Building on his many years of experience teaching Lua, Roberto has restructured the book to present the material in a growing order of complexity, allowing the reader to better absorb the character of the language.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lua.Org (August 1, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 388 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8590379868
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8590379867
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.52 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.44 x 0.8 x 9.69 inches

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Roberto Ierusalimschy is the leading architect of the Lua programming language, driving its development since its inception in 1993. He is a full professor of Computer Science at PUC-Rio (the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro), where he works with programming-language design and implementation.

Roberto has a M.Sc. Degree and a D.Sc. Degree in Computer Science, both from PUC-Rio. He was a visiting researcher at the University of Waterloo, ICSI, GMD, and UIUC, and a Tinker Professor at Stanford. As a professor at PUC-Rio, Roberto was the advisor of several students that later became influential members of the Lua community. Roberto is also a member of the IFIP Working Group on Language Design.

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S. Amir

Good Tour of LUA, from its creator

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 30, 2022

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I was looking for a simple lisp-like scripting language with C-like syntax.... was convinced I had to invent my own until I found Lua. Yes, there are a few slight warts here and there, but I am sure there are good historic reasons.

The book itself is not bad at all, breezy quick read, excellent for getting the gist. If you are new to programming, this is NOT a good starting point. This book meanders through various topics and is not very good at starting at the beginning. So the examples use operators you have not seen yet and you are left guessing as to the underlying paradigm... Sadly, par for the course in this field. Just put the mysteries on your stack as you read, they will be revealed later!

But hey, I am happy to learn how the original author sees things.

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dinsdale

The answers to questions about using Lua are intrinsically answered in the way the book is written.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 4, 2018

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Programming in Lua is an amazing textbook. It effortlessly illuminates the "scary parts" of Lua, exposing the powerful features that are often overlooked by casual users. The read is simple and the first 18 chapters can be absorbed by anyone with basic knowledge of programming in about twenty to thirty minutes (the balance of the book outlines more advanced features and the interface to C).

If you're new to programming, PIL will guide you through fundamental concepts and the examples at the end of each chapter are easy to digest. Lua has an interactive shell making it fun to test the commands as you read.

If you're at all curious about Lua, this book is your definitive guide. The answers to questions about using Lua are intrinsically answered in the way the book is written. For me, the cost of the purchase has been easily outweighed by the time I have saved *not* having to search the Internet (and attempt to infer an answer from an API reference). That advantage lets me get on with writing my IoT platform and learning to script Roblox worlds in Lua with for my son.

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This book is a must read for Lua programmers

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 27, 2021

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This is a great book for all Lua programmers. There is a free version online (of an earlier edition), but I purchased the book mostly to support the author. I'm glad that I did, because this newest edition is even better than the online reference. I've read it twice. The Lua programming language is very fun and great for what it does. Highly recommend this book.

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Author delights in intellectual demonstrations at the expense of being practical.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 26, 2019

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This book needs your full attention. Somewhere in each chapter is clues or examples which if combined with an existing programming or supplemental research, will allow you to tackle the exercises at the end of each chapter. I find myself scanning through pages over and over trying to find that clue, and then guessing, trial and error, or heading to Google. For example, chapter two questions have us modifying the eight queen puzzle which requires an understanding of the backtracking concept, so go hit that in YouTube before you proceed. In chapter 5, write a function that takes a polynomial (represented as a table) and a value for x and returns the polynomial value. Don't worry, Lua can represent a polynomial as a list of its coefficients and the context is tables. Can't forget about the riddle effectively making sunday = monday and monday = sunday through various examples of assigning and retrieving table values and guess what is going to print out at the end.
I'm following along, but the author seems to lead us down every obscure and academic avenue available. Mastering LUA may have been a better book title, but I wouldn't have preferred Walking with LUA. The answers to the exercises are not available.

Not a bad book, but a delightful review of LUA's complexities isn't for beginners who want program in LUA.

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It's a book... you read book... gain knowledge form book... book does not betray nor lead your interest. It guides your knowledge... book is good. Read the book.

BOOK.

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Todd

Good reference

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 8, 2020

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I'm new to programming and feel this was a little too advanced for me but I was able to follow through the lessons. I have a few other books I'm using and overall feel this is a great addition to my library.

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Raphael

Perfect for mastering Lua

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 28, 2020

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If you have some advanced mathematic and computer science knowledge, this book is perfect for you, but if you are a code monkey, then you are buying the wrong book.

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Good resource book if you have a programming back ground. No really a beginner book if that is what you are looking for.

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Bruce Porteous

Good discussion of both using and embedding the language.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 18, 2021

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The book takes you through Lua at a fairly fundamental level. It's a good journey that complements the online reference material. Critically for an embedded language it also covers how to interface with it through it's C API.

Mr. Mark Hudson

Lua is a bit more than a language - its ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 30, 2018

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Lua is a bit more than a language - its a entire operating environment.

If you program in Lua then you need this book.

If you program in C then you need this book - using Lua scripting with a C program can give you a huge boost in functionality.

Forth's modern successor - without the RPN.

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deep_learning

You need this book if you are coding in Lua.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 23, 2017

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You need this book if you are coding in Lua.

That said, web searches find 95%+ of the required answers more quickly ...

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Alex

Great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 27, 2017

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Goes in a lot of detail - knowing a coding language before picking this up would help you quite a lot.

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compact just like Lua

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 8, 2018

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This book is concise and contains everythng you need to know about the language. It's well structured and phrased.

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