Lua in 100 Seconds

Summary by Krater

An introduction to the Lua programming language, covering its syntax, design philosophy, LuaJIT speed, tables, coroutines, and C API.

From the video

Answers: What is Lua and how do you use it?

• Lua programming language
• LuaJIT compiler
• LuaRocks package manager
• Lua tables and data structures
• Lua coroutines
• Embedding Lua in C

What it concludes

• Lua is widely considered the fastest scripting language in the world when used with its just-in-time compiler LuaJIT.
• Lua starts array indexing at 1 instead of 0.
• Lua has a very simple C API that allows running Lua code inside C programs and vice versa.