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, g...(展开全部)

Lua offers a wide range of features that you can use to support and enhance your applications. With this book as your guide, you’ll gain a thorough understanding of all aspects of programming with this powerful language. The authors present the fundamentals of programming, explain standard Lua functions, and explain how to take advantage of free Lua community resources. Complet...(展开全部)

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, g...(展开全部)

Lua offers a wide range of features that you can use to support and enhance your applications. With this book as your guide, you’ll gain a thorough understanding of all aspects of programming with this powerful language. The authors present the fundamentals of programming, explain standard Lua functions, and explain how to take advantage of free Lua community resources. Complet...(展开全部)

Lua is a small, powerful and extendable scripting/programming language that can be used for learning to program, and writing games and applications, or as an embedded scripting language. There are many popular commercial projects that allow you to modify or extend them through Lua scripting, and this book will get you ready for that. This book is the easiest way to learn Lua. It introduces you to the basics of Lua and helps you to understand the problems it solves. You will work with the basic language features, the libraries Lua provides, and powerful topics such as object-oriented programming. Every aspect of programming in Lua, variables, data types, functions, tables, arrays and objects, is covered in sufficient detail for you to get started. You will also find out about Lua's module system and how to interface with the operating system.After reading this book, you will be ready to use Lua as a programming language to write code that can interface with the operating system, automate tasks, make playable games, and much more. This book is a solid starting point for those who want to learn Lua in order to move onto other technologies such as Love2D or Roblox.A quick start guide is a focused, shorter title that provides a faster paced introduction to a technology. It is designed for people who don't need all the details at this point in their learning curve. This presentation has been streamlined to concentrate on the things you really need to know.

《Lua程序设计（第4版）》由Lua 语言作者亲自撰写，针对Lua 语言本身由浅入深地从各个方面进行了完整和细致的讲解。作为第4 版，《Lua程序设计（第4版）》主要针对的是Lua 5.3，这是《Lua程序设计（第4版）》撰写时Lua 语言的最新版本。作者从语言使用者的角度出发，讲解了语言基础、编程实操、高级特性及C 语言API 等四个方面的内容，既有Lua 语言基本数据类型、输入输出、控制结构等基础知识，也有对模块、闭包、元表、协程、延续、反射、环境、垃圾回收、函数式编程、面向对象编程、C 语言API 等高级特性的系统讲解，还有对Lua 5.3 中引入的整型、位运算、瞬表、延续等新功能的细致说明。 所有与Lua 语言打交道的人均能从《Lua程序设计（第4版）》受益，包括游戏、嵌入式、物联网、软件安全、逆向工程、移动互联网、C 语言核心系统开发等诸多...(展开全部)

complex GUIs and artificial intelligence. If you?re a developer just starting to use Lua, or you?re considering using it, Game Development with Lua will teach you everything you need to know. And if you?re new to scripting languages altogether, this book will also teach you how they can be used in game development effectively. Written by practicing Lua game developers, the b...(展开全部)

本书首先介绍了Lua中的数据结构，比如通用数据是如何表示的、Lua的字符串以及表类型的实现原理，接着讨论了Lua虚拟机的实现，并且将其中重点的一些指令进行了分类讲解，最后讨论了垃圾回收、模块实现、热更新、协程等的实现原理。

This book is for all programmers and game enthusiasts who want to stop dreaming about creating a game, and actually create one from scratch.The reader should know the basics of programming and using the Lua language. Knowledge of the C/C++ programming language is not necessary, but it's strongly recommended in order to write custom Lua modules extending game engine capabilities or to rewrite parts of the Lua code into a more efficient form.Algebra and matrix operations are required in order to understand advanced topics in Chapter 4, Graphics – Legacy Method with OpenGL 1.x-2.1 and Chapter 5, Graphics – Modern Method with OpenGL 3.0+.Sample demonstrations are coupled with binary libraries for Windows and Linux operating systems for convenience.

本书首先介绍了Lua中的数据结构，比如通用数据是如何表示的、Lua的字符串以及表类型的实现原理，接着讨论了Lua虚拟机的实现，并且将其中重点的一些指令进行了分类讲解，最后讨论了垃圾回收、模块实现、热更新、协程等的实现原理。