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4. Programming in Lua, fourth edition
- Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk has English audio.
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6. Beginning Lua Programming
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4. Programming in Lua, fourth edition
- Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk has English audio.
Features:
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- Battery-Operated toilet night light, size: 7.2 x 4.7 x 1 inches. Two Batteries are not included.
- LED toilet light uses red and green light to show the position of the seats, makes the bathroom safe, easy to use toilet at night.
- Sensor Motion Activated Toilet Light. It is smart night light, when someone approaches, the light changes into red, and when leaves, it is green. Just work at night, Turns on when you approach the toilet in dark, and turns off after you leave, shining gentlely.
- Widely Used: hotel rooms, home sites, hotel lobby, corridor, leisure and entertainment, exhibition halls, bathroom, toilet.
- This Toilet Light was easy to install and worked as advertised. Note: The toilet cover must remain open for the motion sensor to work.
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I second Programming in Lua as a recommendation - it is the book to learn Lua, written by the main architect behind the language itself (Roberto Ierusalimschy). The first edition is available online, but I personally recommend at least the second edition (of which I personally have a signed copy) - the fourth edition, the latest, sounds like a good pick (the description says it's been completely re-organized, based on Roberto's experience from decades of teaching Lua).
As for an environment to learn it in, I recommend Cloud9, which gives you an entire Linux integrated development environment for free (you may also want to pick up the Linux Pocket Guide, which is a good reference for learning how to get around on the command line).
I have experience with Moai, not much with Corona but I have an idea of how it works.
An important difference is that Moai is an Open Source SDK with optional associated commercial services whereas Corona is a entirely commercial product.
Moai is lower-level than Corona, and more of an engine for professional programmers / studios. That means you will have a lot of power and control, but also a lot of things to implement. For instance, there is no scene library by default, and no high-level UI library as well, so you will have to implement your menu system yourself or pick one of the few Open Source ones that exist.
Moai is "young" and backends vary in quality so do not expect to make your game work flawlessly on all platforms only with Lua. You will probably have to touch at least some C++ as well, maybe some Java on Android.
The documentation is also not quite there. You will have to search in the examples provided with the framework. The Wolf Clicker example is a good place to start. I also read this book which helped a lot to understand the basics early on.
That being said, once you've paid the steep learning curve and written a few utility classes, Moai is a very interesting engine. I encourage you to try it.
I'd recommend having a look at: "Lua Quick Start Guide" It is a light-weight book and although it doesn't actually have any projects or exercises, etc. but I found that it explains things quite well and is a light read. I'm sure the official book is better but would take a lot longer to digest. You can pair it with something like Exercism which gives you access to mentors as well. They have a Lua track
Read the sidebar for links. Good places to learn Lua:
Lua Manual
Lua Book
Also, Google search returns awesome things like THIS!
If you are looking for a book I can recommend Lua Quick Start Guide.
As far as an Lua IDE goes I would recommend the Zerobrane IDE.
The book (that online one is for 5.0, the paperback I bought targets 5.2) was phenomenally helpful for me
No need to go through Python. I've heard good things about this book:
"Beginning Lua Programming"
"No programming knowledge is necessary to benefit from this book except for the section on Lua bindings, which requires some familiarity with the C programming language."
You won't need the section on Lua bindings as you learn Lua, so no previous programming knowledge is needed at all.
https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Lua-Roberto-Ierusalimschy/dp/859037985X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469519691&sr=8-1&keywords=programming+lua