Would it be possible for someone to teach me Glua?

[Nerosis]

I really want to learn lua for garrysmod and want help on becoming a good coder. I have read the wiki and understood bits and pieces of it but i feel if someone could teach me LUA everything would make more sence.

Also, are there any books or anything on Glua that i could buy to help me learn.

Thanks

Nerosis

[King Flawless]

[url]www.lua.org/pil/[/url]

I can tutor you but it ain't going be free

[Nerosis]

Prices? I want to know everything i need to know to be a good LUA coder like you

[King Flawless]

Add me and we shall talk

[Nerosis]

Hmm Its not working. Could you add me instead please

[Remscar]

10 dollars an hour for tutoring. The first hour is free.

[King Flawless]

[QUOTE=Remscar;30208005]10 dollars an hour for tutoring. The first hour is free.[/QUOTE]

Already undercut you

[Remscar]

[QUOTE=King Flawless;30210402]Already undercut you[/QUOTE]

You cheap prostitute! :D

[Nerosis]

:D

[beasty]

I bought this book, it's very good for learning Lua.

[url]http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Lua-Second-Roberto-Ierusalimschy/dp/8590379825/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307133943&sr=8-1[/url]

That's if tutoring doesn't help, witch i'm pretty sure it will.

[King Flawless]

[QUOTE=beasty;30226181]I bought this book, it's very good for learning Lua.

[url]http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Lua-Second-Roberto-Ierusalimschy/dp/8590379825/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307133943&sr=8-1[/url][/QUOTE]

The amount of threads you make says otherwise

[beasty]

[QUOTE=King Flawless;30226345]The amount of threads you make says otherwise[/QUOTE]

Yeah, that's why I bought it, because I didn't know the first thing about lua, so I bought this book 2 weeks ago.

[Nerosis]

Yeah, but does the book have anything to do with Glua

[Fantym420]

Lua and Glua are almost identical, the G just means extra functions specific to gmod. The same syntax and logic applies.

[Christian]

That book gives you the basics of lua how to define things make strings, table constructors, loops, etc....

And GLua is all the extra methods and hooks that Team Garry has made.

here is a list:

Part I · The Language
1 - Getting Started
1.1 - Chunks
1.2 - Global Variables
1.3 - Some Lexical Conventions
1.4 - The Stand-Alone Interpreter
2 - Types and Values
2.1 - Nil
2.2 - Booleans
2.3 - Numbers
2.4 - Strings
2.5 - Tables
2.6 - Functions
2.7 - Userdata and Threads
3 - Expressions
3.1 - Arithmetic Operators
3.2 - Relational Operators
3.3 - Logical Operators
3.4 - Concatenation
3.5 - Precedence
3.6 - Table Constructors
4 - Statements
4.1 - Assignment
4.2 - Local Variables and Blocks
4.3 - Control Structures
4.3.1 - if then else
4.3.2 - while
4.3.3 - repeat
4.3.4 - Numeric for
4.3.5 - Generic for
4.4 - break and return
5 - Functions
5.1 - Multiple Results
5.2 - Variable Number of Arguments
5.3 - Named Arguments
6 - More about Functions
6.1 - Closures
6.2 - Non-Global Functions
6.3 - Proper Tail Calls
7 - Iterators and the Generic for
7.1 - Iterators and Closures
7.2 - The Semantics of the Generic for
7.3 - Stateless Iterators
7.4 - Iterators with Complex State
7.5 - True Iterators
8 - Compilation, Execution, and Errors
8.1 - The require Function
8.2 - C Packages
8.3 - Errors
8.4 - Error Handling and Exceptions
8.5 - Error Messages and Tracebacks
9 - Coroutines
9.1 - Coroutine Basics
9.2 - Pipes and Filters
9.3 - Coroutines as Iterators
9.4 - Non-Preemptive Multithreading
10 - Complete Examples
10.1 - Data Description
10.2 - Markov Chain Algorithm

Part II · Tables and Objects
11 - Data Structures
11.1 - Arrays
11.2 - Matrices and Multi-Dimensional Arrays
11.3 - Linked Lists
11.4 - Queues and Double Queues
11.5 - Sets and Bags
11.6 - String Buffers
12 - Data Files and Persistence
12.1 - Serialization
12.1.1 - Saving Tables without Cycles
12.1.2 - Saving Tables with Cycles
13 - Metatables and Metamethods
13.1 - Arithmetic Metamethods
13.2 - Relational Metamethods
13.3 - Library-Defined Metamethods
13.4 - Table-Access Metamethods
13.4.1 - The __index Metamethod
13.4.2 - The __newindex Metamethod
13.4.3 - Tables with Default Values
13.4.4 - Tracking Table Accesses
13.4.5 - Read-Only Tables
14 - The Environment
14.1 - Accessing Global Variables with Dynamic Names
14.2 - Declaring Global Variables
14.3 - Non-Global Environments
15 - Packages
15.1 - The Basic Approach
15.2 - Privacy
15.3 - Packages and Files
15.4 - Using the Global Table
15.5 - Other Facilities
16 - Object-Oriented Programming
16.1 - Classes
16.2 - Inheritance
16.3 - Multiple Inheritance
16.4 - Privacy
16.5 - The Single-Method Approach
17 - Weak Tables
17.1 - Memoize Functions
17.2 - Object Attributes
17.3 - Revisiting Tables with Default Values

Part III · The Standard Libraries

18 - The Mathematical Library
19 - The Table Library
19.1 - Array Size
19.2 - Insert and Remove
19.3 - Sort
20 - The String Library
20.1 - Pattern-Matching Functions
20.2 - Patterns
20.3 - Captures
20.4 - Tricks of the Trade
21 - The I/O Library
21.1 - The Simple I/O Model
21.2 - The Complete I/O Model
21.2.1 - A Small Performance Trick
21.2.2 - Binary Files
21.3 - Other Operations on Files
22 - The Operating System Library
22.1 - Date and Time
22.2 - Other System Calls
23 - The Debug Library
23.1 - Introspective Facilities
23.1.1 - Accessing Local Variables
23.1.2 - Accessing Upvalues
23.2 - Hooks
23.3 - Profiles

Part IV · The C API

24 - An Overview of the C API
24.1 - A First Example
24.2 - The Stack
24.2.1 - Pushing Elements
24.2.2 - Querying Elements
24.2.3 - Other Stack Operations
24.3 - Error Handling with the C API
24.3.1 - Error Handling in Application Code
24.3.2 - Error Handling in Library Code
25 - Extending your Application
25.1 - Table Manipulation
25.2 - Calling Lua Functions
25.3 - A Generic Call Function
26 - Calling C from Lua
26.1 - C Functions
26.2 - C Libraries
27 - Techniques for Writing C Functions
27.1 - Array Manipulation
27.2 - String Manipulation
27.3 - Storing State in C Functions
27.3.1 - The Registry
27.3.2 - References
27.3.3 - Upvalues
28 - User-Defined Types in C
28.1 - Userdata
28.2 - Metatables
28.3 - Object-Oriented Access
28.4 - Array Access
28.5 - Light Userdata
29 - Managing Resources
29.1 - A Directory Iterator
29.2 - An XML Parser

[Nerosis]

This book seems very useful but i think a tutor would be easier, but i dont have much cash so :/

[sweeneypaul]

I was going to create some basic videos on lua, not sure where to start so what do you need help with and dont say to become a awesome lua coder.
To become great at a language can take a long time, start with the basics

[jrj996]

Bro, take the book, GLua and Lua are the same like fantym said, in every game(If you plan on coding games that use a background for modding in lua) use the book because they all have different game coded functions.

[Remscar]

asdfasdf

[Nerosis]

Thanks remscar! So how do these books help me with LUA

[nexusowner]

[QUOTE=Nerosis;30229156]Thanks remscar! So how do these books help me with LUA[/QUOTE]

You're not gonna buy them aren't you?

[Nerosis]

Why not?

[beasty]

[QUOTE=nexusowner;30231843]You're not gonna buy them aren't you?[/QUOTE]

I don't see why he shouldn't?
It's a good book IMO. (the one I linked(it's the only one I have))

[sweeneypaul]

because there not necessary to learn GLua, half the book will be explaining how to make random programs, most people learn without the book anyway

[FlapadarV2]

The book is basically PiL anyway. Just use PiL.

[url]http://www.lua.org/pil/[/url]

[Nerosis]

I want a tutor but i dont have the cash :(

[Jocken]

[QUOTE=Nerosis;30242084]I want a tutor but i dont have the cash :([/QUOTE]

So teach yourself. You'll have a rough start at first, but if you ever encounter any problems just ask someone that knows Lua for help, or ask your question in the Lua questions section.
Browse the wiki and read through the tutorials. Here's what you should do:
* Go [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=About_the_Tutorial]here[/url].
* Read through the first page and do what it says, and do NOT move onto the next page until you understand what the first page says.
* Do the same thing for the rest of the pages.

Then, move onto making smalls scripts. Don't expect to make something great at first, you're still learning.
Make a few simple HUD's, look at other people's code until you think you understand it. Try to experiment a bit with Lua using the little knowledge you have, and as I said earlier, if you run into any problems the Lua questions section is always open.

[Nerosis]

[QUOTE=Jocken300;30247926]So teach yourself. You'll have a rough start at first, but if you ever encounter any problems just ask someone that knows Lua for help, or ask your question in the Lua questions section.
Browse the wiki and read through the tutorials. Here's what you should do:
* Go [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=About_the_Tutorial]here[/url].
* Read through the first page and do what it says, and do NOT move onto the next page until you understand what the first page says.
* Do the same thing for the rest of the pages.

Then, move onto making smalls scripts. Don't expect to make something great at first, you're still learning.
Make a few simple HUD's, look at other people's code until you think you understand it. Try to experiment a bit with Lua using the little knowledge you have, and as I said earlier, if you run into any problems the Lua questions section is always open.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for this