- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Roberto Ierusalimschy (1 Nov 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 8590379817
- ISBN-13: 978-8590379812
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 19 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,754,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Lua is becoming the language of choice for anyone who needs a scripting language that is simple, efficient, extensible, portable, and free. Currently, Lua is being used in areas ranging from embedded systems to Web development and is widely spread in the game industry, where knowledge of Lua is an indisputable asset.
Programming in Lua is the official book about the language, giving a solid base for any programmer who wants to use Lua. Authored by Roberto Ierusalimschy, the chief architect of the language, it covers all aspects of Lua 5.0---from the basics to its API with C---explaining how to make good use of its features and giving numerous code examples. Programming in Lua is targeted at people with some programming background, but does not assume any prior knowledge about Lua or other scripting languages.
About the Author
Roberto Ierusalimschy is an Associate Professor at the Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro. He is the leading architect of Lua.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very clearly written guide to Lua 5.1,
This review is from: Programming in Lua, Second Edition (Paperback)
A very clearly written and concise book, which is something of a rarity in these days of monster tomes full of words and little information! I'm using Lua to extend a number of applications, and am using this book to help me figure-out how to do it. Highly recommended.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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concise, elegent, and classic,
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This review is from: Programming in Lua (Paperback)
I came across the Lua scripting language about 4 years ago andfell in love with it. This book has the makings of a classic text that you will enjoy owning. Its so refreshing to find a well written, small book on a programming language with a huge power to weight ratio. The book covers all aspects of the language and acts as tutorial, reference and language specification. As a regular user of the AWK scripting language I would have appreciated better examples on how to acheive the AWK split() function but otherwise the book provides a large range of really useful code fragments. Congratulations to the author.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Good introduction to Lua,
By DCH (Surrey, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Programming in Lua, Second Edition (Paperback)
This book is a good introduction to the Lua Programming language (v5.1), and assumes you already know how to program in another language. It starts with the basics and goes on to quite an advanced level, but at all times it's clear and easy to understand. There are plenty of examples throughout. There aren't many books on Lua, so this one should definitely be on your bookshelf if you want to program in Lua 5.1.
There's quite a lot about how Lua can interact with C, so to get the most out of it you need to know C already. But if you don't know C and just want to use Lua as a scripting language, you'll still benefit from this book. If you're interested in calling Lua from a C program (easy), or if you want to extend Lua's capabilities by writing your own C functions (harder), then this book will show you how to do it.
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