interesting history of lua

note: does not cover lua 5+

How to get the current directory from a lua module

single file distributable web server

Web framework that integrates with OpenResty for creating web applications with Lua

This seems great.

But I didn’t realize that it was “Tested as not working on Android, for reasons unknown.” I wanna get an e-ink Android and this app seemed like a good option if it’s page-turning rather than scrolling.

After that, I went back to Dmitry and asked him if my understanding of “everything is a table” was correct and, if so, why Lua was designed this way. Dmitry told me that Lua was created at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and that it was acceptable for Pontifical Catholic Universities to design programming languages this way.

A writing and drawing with a straight-forward file format, in Löve2D.

📚 The most minimal cross-platform GUI library - now in Lua!

LPeg is a pattern-matching library for Lua, based on Parsing Expression Grammars (PEGs)

Logic-less {{mustache}} templates with Lua

Locco is a Lua port of Docco, the quick-and-dirty, hundred-line-long, literate-programming-style documentation generator. It produces HTML that displays your comments alongside your code. Comments are passed through Markdown, and code is syntax highlighted. This page is the result of running Locco against its own source file:

It’s that time of year again! If anyone is interested in trying out love2d with Fennel check out the “minimal” love2d fennel repo.This repo is slowly expanding from a truly minimal setup to one that comes with a few batteries included. If you want a bare bones setup to get you started check out: absolutely-minimal-love2d-fennel by @benthor.