Chatgpt vs YouTube vs black box, which of these could help a person code faster and way better

So I wanna learn how to noscript Lua at a young age and as fast as possible, ik that YouTube is usually the most casual way but most of the tutorials are extremely boring and long and kinda bland

Using chatgpt on the otherhand, doing some bit of asking, I figure out that chatgpt sometimes gives a convincing wrong answer so Idk about this

I'm not tryna rush learning how to noscript, it's just YouTube is just boring and I have quite a low attention span on video. But if I have no choice then so be it

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is this the original programming in lua 2016 book or am i scammed
https://redd.it/1n6xg20
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Where can you commission lua Devs?

Are there any sites that have a review/price system for commission work?

Looking for a talented Lua Dev to develop a semi advanced game add-on/plugin but have no idea where to look.

https://redd.it/1n7ei93
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I'm looking for programmers for a Roblox Studio project.

This is a project made independently and made for the love of art.
To write code from the experience in LUA.

(Clarification: the group is in Spanish so this was written with Google Translate)

https://redd.it/1n7yewi
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How do I detect specific text from input, and could you give suggestions on how to improve my code (I am making RPS)

rps = {'r', 'p' ,'s'}

local Playerpick = io.read()



local function plachoice()

if Playerpick == rps then

print(Playerpick)

else

print("Pick r, p or s")

end

end



local function comchoice()

return print(rps[math.random(#rps)\])

end



local function banner()

print("!!WELCOME TO ROCK PAPER SCISSORS!!")

print("!!WHEN READY, ENTER EITHER R, P OR S!! (LOWERCASE R, P OR S) ")

end



banner()

comchoice()

plachoice()

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How do i start noscripting on roblox

i've been searching up ways to learn luau and lua and i couldn't find anything if someone have some info please tell me ASAP



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SoftlyDecryption: Simple Lua Caesar Cipher Module (SD-Release-1.0.0)



https://redd.it/1n8odzt
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Project ideas for a 5-7/10 lua skill level user?

Hi! I'm bored and i want to code something in lua, but i don't have any ideas, so i want to hear you guys ideas for a lua project. Also im really sorry if i put a wrong flair, i was debating on help and project.

Thanks!

https://redd.it/1n9ybyr
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How can I share my screen and turn on my camera with luamacros?

Is it possible to press a key and discord will share screen 1? From what ive seen It would need to use the gui witch wouldn't work for me.

https://redd.it/1na7l64
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Typehint comments possible syntax

Hi Friends! Recently I told here about my meek attempt to make small "syntax sugar" additions to Lua source code and there was one curious comment suggesting that "type hints" on function arguments and return may be useful addition too.

While I have no skills to make such type-hints actually verify value types (in runtime?) of course it is easy to add them as a kind of special comment, e.g. so that programmer use them as reminder (and perhaps later some external tool for checking types could be devised) - I used colon to separate them (the typehint itself could be any identifier, except reserved words).

function hash(s:str):int
-- ...
end

As they are optional this is still compatible with original Lua and addition to the code is less than ten lines.

However I wonder - colon is used in Lua for different things (table-related case particularly) - seemingly this should never cause any semantic/syntactic "collision" but perhaps I'm wrong and missing something?

Project could be seen here: https://github.com/RodionGork/lua-plus/ (and could be tested online, by the way, if you follow the links to Lua-emcc - I decided to add these "amends" here).

https://redd.it/1naanaw
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I built KeyCaster.spoon: a keystroke overlay for Hammerspoon (configurable, multi-display, MIT)
https://redd.it/1nadh7w
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I just downloaded VS Code on my steam deck but Lua doesnt work

I checked my steam os terminal and it says Lua exists but whenever I try using the 'lua -v', it says the lua command doesnt exist. I tried every way to download lua on VS Code like changing the shell but nothing works. How do I fix this?

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Open-sourced my chiptunes maker done for a gamejam (LÖVE)
https://redd.it/1nbkzfv
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Lua to apk

Hello,



I apologize in advance if this isn't the right place, or if the answer already exists, but I couldn't find anything. Maybe I didn't search properly.



I made a small, insignificant game in Lua (which taught me the language, which was one of the two goals). This game is just for me and a few friends.



I just wanted to make a small game on an Android phone to keep me busy while commuting.



The game isn't finished, but it's testable, and I'd like to try it on a mobile phone. But I'm a complete idiot and I don't understand how to do it at all. Is there an easy way to generate an APK so I can share it with my friends? I know you can launch it with a .love file and a dedicated application, but it's not practical for distributing it to my friends, and especially the game launches in landscape mode even though it's designed for portrait mode, making it unplayable because everything overlaps.



Thank you in advance for your help.

https://redd.it/1nbu6px
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Saving content of the program

Hi! I learned lua a couple years ago but I don't practice often. One time i tried to create a diary in lua using löve2d to make the UI, but I struggled to make a saving function. I didn't used any other libraries unless the base lua and löve2d. I know that exists the table io but I struggled to use it. Can somebody help me?

https://redd.it/1nbuoov
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Numpy for luau?

Hello all!

I plan on implementing add-on support for my pet project, and so far Luau looks like the most battle tested solution! I love the sandboxing and the type checking features!

Performance of generating 5 242 880 numbers (math.noise), by default, is 0.6 sec, vs 0.19 in cpp.

I managed to get a primitive array type working when I realized the bottleneck is the stack between the Lua and the Cpp world. With this I managed to get the runtime down to 0.26, which is good for an interpreted language.

https://github.com/luau-lang/luau/discussions/1994

Is there a numpy-like library I can use with Luau? I can implement the methods more or less but I feel like I would duplicate work and my version would be sub standard.

I found numlua and lua-linear, but both seems abandoned.

https://redd.it/1nbw374
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C sharp is better then lua prove me wrong.



https://redd.it/1nbzri7
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Need help

Can someone please explain to me about parameter, return, and argument?

https://redd.it/1nc50r0
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[Release] CursorScope.spoon — cursor highlight + live magnifier for Hammerspoon
https://redd.it/1ncbsvw
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A Lua Style Guide for the Community

Hey everyone,

I’ve been working on a **Lua style guide** and wanted to share it with the community.
The goal is to improve code readability and consistency, and to provide a reference that teams or individual developers can adopt.

The guide covers things like:

* Naming conventions
* Formatting (indentation, whitespace, line breaks)
* Table and function usage
* Performance tips
* Common pitfalls and best practices

You can check it out here: [https://github.com/ShaharBand/lua-style-guide](https://github.com/ShaharBand/lua-style-guide)

This isn’t meant to be the “one true way” to write Lua, but rather a starting point for discussion and refinement. I’d love feedback, suggestions, or contributions—whether you agree, disagree, or have alternative conventions that work well for you.

Hopefully this can grow into something the Lua community finds useful, especially for newcomers who want a clear reference on writing clean Lua code.

What do you all think?

https://redd.it/1ncqnx7
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luau

Alguém pode me explicar como funciona o código luau o que é usado em jogos do Roblox estou com uma grande dúvida

https://redd.it/1ncuh4n
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