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[Martin Cortese]

Hi everybody, 
I'm Martin from Italy and I'm new in Lua language.
I discovered Lua at my work position because we have a new industrial machine that comunicate with a server and it uses Lua for comunication.
Can you reccomend me some guide or online resource for start with Lua language? 
If there is something that talk about my needs, I prefer to know it.
Sorry for my not really good english.

Thanks for your attention

Martin

[Thijs Schreijer]

> *Thanks for your attention
>
> Martin*

The book Programming in Lua is a very good start, and the Lua reference manual for quick checks.

One thing to be aware of with Lua, is that it is hardly ever just Lua. Mostly Lua is embedded within another application or piece of equipment. The provider will have added libraries (to interface with application specifics) and possibly removed some Lua functionalities (the debug library is commonly removed) to suit their needs or for safety. That said, the core language constructs are hardly changed, so both books I mentioned usually apply.

hth
Thijs