Lua Scripting: Master complete Lua Programming from scratch

13h 34m 51s
English
Paid

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Welcome to our complete Lua scripting course. This course will teach you everything you need to know about the Lua scripting language. We will start from scratch, installing Lua in your platform (Windows, macOS, or Linux), and progress to learn the main aspects of the Lua language. I will use Linux during the videos, but you can easily follow along with any other OS. If by any chance you cannot or do not want to install Lua in your machine, you can simply use the Replit website which allows you to run your Lua scripts inside your web browser.

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This course is divided into three main parts:

  1. The first part is where we will cover the basics of the Lua language. We will learn the fundamentals of programming with Lua using variables, expressions, conditional statements, loops, functions, metatables, and other important commands and modules from the Lua language. This part covers Lua from the beginning to an advanced level, and it is a super course even if you never programmed before.

  2. The second part of the course is aimed at programmers that want to learn how to embed Lua within the C programming language. You'll learn how to embed and expose scripting capabilities to your C code and create a project that controls the movement of a player in C using Lua. If you don't want or don't care about integrating Lua with C, you are welcome to skip this section of the course, but this integration with C is one of the most powerful aspects of the Lua language and it is extremely important for professional programmers that want to take their Lua skills beyond the basics.

  3. The third part of the course is a set of short bonus lectures that cover the basics of using Lua with Roblox Studio. Roblox is a popular game engine that uses Lua to script game logic and aspects of the game scene. We will learn how to use everything we learned to understand how Lua is used by Roblox and also understand the basics of the Roblox Studio interface.

This course is a super complete package about one of the world's favorite scripting languages. You will benefit from it if you are a beginner or if you are a seasoned developer that wants to discover the power of the Lua language.

Be aware: This is not a course about Roblox! This is a course about the Lua programming language, and the final bonus lectures are a basic overview on how Lua is used by Roblox developers.

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#1: Introduction and Motivations

All Course Lessons (92)

#Lesson TitleDurationAccess
1
Introduction and Motivations Demo
03:14
2
A Message for Roblox Users
01:40
3
History and Language Evolution
28:16
4
Using Lua with REPL
03:31
5
Installing Lua on Linux
02:03
6
Installing Lua on MacOS
01:04
7
Installing Lua on Windows
11:30
8
Our First Lua Script
09:06
9
Variables
16:36
10
Older Lua Versions and REPL
05:27
11
Proposed Activity: Variables
02:10
12
Variables Activity Solution
04:16
13
Incrementing and Decrementing Variables
06:54
14
Conditionals
09:18
15
Elseif
11:26
16
Proposed Activity: Conditional Statements
04:14
17
Conditionals Activity Solution
10:26
18
Logical Operators
06:09
19
String Manipulation
19:14
20
Multi-line Strings
04:38
21
Multiple Assignment
03:36
22
Standard Library Modules
10:18
23
The For Loop
06:17
24
The While Loop
10:59
25
Loop Options
02:32
26
Variable Scope
04:02
27
Local Scope and Lua Chunks
02:38
28
Syntax & Semantic Errors
04:14
29
Solving Logical Mistakes
02:50
30
Input Values from the Keyboard
13:25
31
Handling Input Options
05:44
32
Finding Distance Between Points
09:59
33
Finding Angle Between Points
12:00
34
Loop Activity Example
05:54
35
Loop Activity Solution
08:36
36
An Introduction to Functions
14:14
37
Tables in Lua
22:16
38
Tables Example
08:04
39
Proposed Activity: Reading Table Entries
06:53
40
Table Activity Solution
09:27
41
Tables as Configuration Files
04:40
42
Tables as Matrices
05:45
43
Proposed Formative Project
16:20
44
Moving Forward
02:09
45
Metatables
19:57
46
Object-Oriented Programming in Lua
21:52
47
Creating Classes and Objects
13:35
48
Higher-Order Functions and Closures
07:14
49
Variadic Functions
07:04
50
Working with Lua and C
02:16
51
C Project Folder Structure
12:50
52
Executing Lua File From C
19:48
53
Get Lua Global Values in C
12:02
54
The Stack
05:52
55
Push Pop and Peak
01:55
56
Calling Lua Functions From C
12:21
57
Checking and Handling Script Errors
05:10
58
Calling C Functions in Lua
17:44
59
Userdata
05:32
60
Sending and Receiving Userdata
14:34
61
Reading Lua Tables in C
06:03
62
Installing SDL
07:38
63
Creating a SDL Window
13:59
64
The Game Loop
14:26
65
SDL Rendering
11:22
66
Fixing Our Game Loop Timestep
13:55
67
Delta Time
05:49
68
Controlling the Player Movement with Lua
26:01
69
Final Considerations on Integrating Lua and C
06:20
70
Next Steps
04:15
71
Intro to Roblox and Roblox Studio
02:25
72
Installing and Accessing Roblox Studio
05:45
73
Roblox Parts and Properties
12:15
74
Roblox Vectors and Colors
11:02
75
Roblox Object Instance
06:08
76
Proposed Activity: Sun and Moon System Hour
05:48
77
Sun and Moon Activity Solution
09:43
78
Roblox Loops and the Wait Function
07:22
79
Roblox Loops and Conditionals
09:02
80
Roblox Events
10:25
81
Roblox Humanoid Properties
16:44
82
Roblox Players and Characters
10:00
83
Roblox Models and Assets
06:48
84
Roblox Terrain Editor
03:59
85
Roblox Day-Night Lighting & ClockTime
09:19
86
Roblox Leaderboard
08:46
87
Roblox Debugging and Code Inspection
02:53
88
Roblox CFrame
07:47
89
Roblox Following Parts
11:03
90
Roblox Conclusion and Getting Help
05:14
91
Compiling Lua 5.4 on Linux
08:08
92
Congratulations & Other Courses
00:37

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