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CourseLearn Lua
Learn the basics of Lua, a general-purpose programming language used for building games, web apps, and developer tools.
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BeginnerTime to complete
Approx. 8 hoursCertificate of completion
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About this course
Lua is a powerful and intuitive general-purpose programming language used for building games (such as Roblox, World of Warcraft, and Angry Birds), web apps (such as Venmo and Adobe), and developer tools. This course for beginners will teach you the basics of programming with the Lua language while giving you interactive practice building terminal-based programs.
Syllabus
5 lessons • 4 projects • 5 quizzesThe platform
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Projects in this course
- Project
Mystic Moon Potion Shop
Create a receipt generator for a fictional potion shop using data types, operators, and variables. - Project
Magic Eight Ball
We've learned how to harness the power of control structures, so let's put that knowledge to use and tell someone's fortune. - Project
Fahrenheit Converter
In this project you'll be writing a program to convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius and Kelvin. Specifically, focusing on writing functions that can be re-used to handle these conversions.
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Kenny Lin
Web Development Domain Manager at Codecademy Learn Lua course ratings and reviews
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- Excellent, concise explanation, practical hands-on experience right off the bat and great exercises.Arthur S.Verified Learner
- The instructions were very detailed, I was able to follow every step without struggling. I'm looking forward to new courses/lessons on Lua, the course was very helpful.Tim D.Verified Learner
- Very easy for me to understand, very approachable for a beginner to Lua and coding in general.Leo M.Verified Learner
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