On 26/06/2013 08:41, steve donovan wrote:
http://tylerneylon.com/a/learn-lua/ The reddit thread is good reading: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1h0wuv/learn_lua_in_15_minutes/ I suspect this is going to work like 'Learn C++ in 24 hours' ;)
I like to do such program / script in the languages I am learning. For example in Scala: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~philho/+junk/Scala/view/head:/Base.scala (became quite too big with corner stuff, I should separate advanced stuff) Currently doing this with Go...This one is well made; one of the challenges is to avoid to use a feature before it is introduced properly. :-) I did that with my Lpeg chapter in the French Lua book or my regex tutorial: I was always annoyed when the writer of a tutorial casually used a feature, then explained it later.
I try also to use near-real life examples: matching something in aaabbbcbbba is boring... ;-) -- Philippe Lhoste -- (near) Paris -- France -- http://Phi.Lho.free.fr -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --