Useful Lua Resources.md

There are many great free online resources for Lua including:

1. lua.org

2. A highly recommended detailed and authoritative introduction to all aspects of Lua programming by Lua's chief architect: Programming in Lua, by Roberto Ierusalimschy

3. For an official definition of the Lua language, consult the Lua 5.1 Reference Manual, by R. Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, W. Celes.

4. Lua Style Guide

5. Learn Lua in 15 minutes

6. Some options for linting

   • lua-checker

   • Lua Lint

   • Lua Inspect

   • luacheck

   • Detecting Undefined Variables

Ubuntu

$ sudo apt-get update

First install Lua and Luarocks using Apt:

$ sudo apt-get install lua5.3 liblua5.3-dev luarocks

Then install the Busted testing framework for Lua:

$ luarocks install busted

If this fails, you may need to use sudo:

$ sudo luarocks install busted