LUA vs Java difference?

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Okay, I am leaning a bit of Java at school and I was wondering if LUA is similar. Is it OOP? What else is different? And how would I learn a programming language by my self? Like, at school the teacher helps you and out, but on your own? I tried once and gave up, I am ready to restart now that I know a bit of Java and Visual basic.

[Aytex]

lua is easier, the game Roblox provides the tools to make games

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

lua is easier, the game Roblox provides the tools to make games

 

Okay, and how would I learn  LUA? Never took steps to learn a language by myself. 

 

Roblox? I want to learn LUA for gmod.

[Aytex]

Okay, and how would I learn  LUA? Never took steps to learn a language by myself. 

 

Roblox? I want to learn LUA for gmod

yea use roblox first its easier then go to gmod. Theres people in the community who help or you can just google it and see all the commands

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

yea use roblox first its easier then go to gmod. Theres people in the community who help or you can just google it and see all the commands

 

What do you mean use Roblox? 

[Aytex]

What do you mean use Roblox? 

theres a program that you download with the roblox player (you use to play games) called roblox studio. If you know the game unturned he first made a game on roblox which was REALLY popular. roblox studio there are scripts AKA Lua scripting

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

theres a program that you download with the roblox player (you use to play games) called roblox studio. If you know the game unturned he first made a game on roblox which was REALLY popular. roblox studio there are scripts AKA Lua scripting

 

Okay, but any actual documentation or tutorials you know of? Like I said, I never really learned a language by myself and don't know what I should be doing.

[Aytex]

Okay, but any actual documentation or tutorials you know of? Like I said, I never really learned a language by myself and don't know what I should be doing.

tons of youtube videos i think

[Guest]

Okay, but any actual documentation or tutorials you know of? Like I said, I never really learned a language by myself and don't know what I should be doing.

 

Sure it's against the code of conduct to point this out, but actually taking the time to type "lua" into google will answer at least one of those questions.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Sure it's against the code of conduct to point this out, but actually taking the time to type "lua" into google will answer at least one of those questions.

 

But, I mean, do you just learn by checking the commands, variables and etc. Like I said, I know it sounds stupid, but never learned a coding language by myself,I don't know how to go ahead with this.

[tbmatuka]

But, I mean, do you just learn by checking the commands, variables and etc. Like I said, I know it sounds stupid, but never learned a coding language by myself,I don't know how to go ahead with this.

There's a great Lua book to start with: Programming in Lua. It will take you through all the syntax bits and pieces that you need to fully understand and write Lua code.