Re: Programming beginners' documentation

[Hakki Dogusan <dogusanh@...>]

Hi,

Jim White wrote:
> Thank you for the advice. As I stated i was patient for the first month 
> of not being able to start Lua. (the box of crayons) When I took a 
> second look at the situation I felt that Python might be a better fit as 
> it is suppose to be a bit more user friendly. I have heard good things 
> about both and made the mistake of trying Lua when I was no where near 
> to the level it requires.( Rule of thumb: if you can't get it started it 
> may be over your head.) I still read each and every email I get from my 
> registration. I know it is not Python but I am sure that it will come in 
> handy. I have not really given up on Lua. I just put it on the back 
> burner until I get to a point where my attempts will rewarded. My second 
> mistake in this whole thing was posting this thread. I have to admit I 
> am surprised at the level of knowledge each response has had. Most where 
> way over my head. Not in a bad way, just way over my head. This shows me 
> that there must be a lot of good in this when a person has attained a 
> level of knowledge well beyond mine. I expected more people in the same 
> skill level as my self. with all this in mind, I have gone with Python. 
> I will revisit Lua from time to time to see if I can make any sense of 
> it. Some day I will. Until then thank you all fort he advice.
> [snipped]


(It may sound funny to suggest an editor to study Lua but..)

You may look wscite (www.scintilla.org) editor for a friendly 
environment to write Lua programs and test/run via it. In addition 
you'll get a good editor for Python too :)

To start:
- download wscite from 
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/scintilla/scite176.zip?download
- unzip somewhere
- double-click SciTE.exe
- write:
  print("Hello, World!")
- save as hello.lua
- Press F5 /or Menu-Tools-Go



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Regards,
Hakki Dogusan