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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# Title Duration
1 Introduction and Motivations 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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