Lua for Windows

Lua for Windows is a combination of Lua clean libraries, that features a Lua-capable editor which enables you to create powerful scripts.

Lua is a scripting language that merges procedural syntax with data description constructs based on associative arrays. It runs by interpreting bytecode for a virtual machine making it well suited for scripting and rapid prototyping.

To help you get acquainted with the coding language, Lua for Windows provides you with a fairly large number of libraries and examples that can be used in Windows.

Since it is an extension language, Lua works only when it is embedded into the host client. The host program can make use of portions of the Lua code as well as read and write variables.

Among the components of Lua for Windows you get the Installer Lua Interpreter, Quick Lua Tour Sample, Examples directory, Lua Reference Manual, over 40 libraries with documentation, LuaC ( the Lua compiler) and SctiTE, a text editor for your code.

SciTE, uses its built in Lua interpreter and allows you to debug Lua scripts step by step, set breakpoints, watch and inspect variables as well as trace stacks.

The application displays a user-friendly interface with all its most important features placed in plain site. It’s comprised of a caption bar, toolbar, tabbar, an editing window for the code, an output pane that automatically opens when an error occurs and a status bar.

Lua for Windows provides you with access to a large number of libraries that you can use to study the Lua programming language and then use it to optimize your applications.