Introduction to Lua

Lua is a lightweight, high-level scripting language designed for embedded use in applications.

Key Features:

• Lightweight and fast
• Embeddable
• Simple syntax
• Dynamic typing
• Powerful table data structure

Hello World:

print("Hello, Lua!")

Variables:

local name = "Lua"
local age = 30
local is_fun = true

Tables (Lua's main data structure):

person = {
  name = "Alice",
  age = 25
}
print(person.name)