Best way to learn lua

• love

  258 4,317 9.6 C++

  LÖVE is an awesome 2D game framework for Lua.

  

Love2D is a fantastic game engine that uses Lua. It could be a good spot to start if you are interested in making games.

• kickstart.nvim

  284 14,291 9.0 Lua

  A launch point for your personal nvim configuration

  

• WorkOS

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  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• LazyVim

  83 12,796 9.8 Lua

  Neovim config for the lazy

  

• LunarVim

  272 17,421 7.6 Lua

  🌙 LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim. Completely free and community driven.

  

• AstroNvim

  135 11,839 9.5 Lua

  AstroNvim is an aesthetic and feature-rich neovim config that is extensible and easy to use with a great set of plugins

  

https://github.com/AstroNvim/AstroNvim …read their code and understand it. …then customize one of them to your liking or start from scratch. Just have a look at https://neovim.io/doc/user/lua-guide.html and notice how you can run lua on your text "buffer" (whatever page/script/file you're editing currently) via :lua print("hello") or :source ~/programs/baz/myluafile.lua etc. https://neovim.io/doc/user/lua.html is another helpful source. And https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/lua/ is an easy-to-read overview of lua syntax. NeoVim is Vim + Lua, so it's got some steepness in its learning, but you don't have to learn very much about Vim in order to benefit from its power.

• TIC-80

  134 4,732 9.2 C

  TIC-80 is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games.

I'm gonna echo the suggestion to make a video game; if you're a person who likes games this is by far the best way to go. Obviously love2d is brilliant but you might also take a look at https://tic80.com which is a little more all-in-one and easier to learn.

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