Introduction to Lua

Overview

Gideros uses Lua as a scripting system. Lua is a computer language that is very easy to learn. As well as the Gideros API there are several Standard Libraries to help you.

Lua Resources

We suggest you have a good book covering Lua. There are many resources on the net, and here are a few of them:

• Programming in Lua, second edition by Roberto Ierusalimschy (http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/pil2/)
• Very nice Lua reference manual helper (http://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/i/_)
• Official Lua FAQ (http://www.lua.org/faq.html)
• Introduction to Lua programming (http://w3.linux-magazine.com/issue/45/Lua_Programming.pdf)