What's Next?

What's Next

You have completed the Lua course. You can now write Lua programs using variables, control flow, functions, closures, tables, and modules.

Go Deeper

• Metatables and metamethods — customize table behavior with __add, __tostring, __call, and more.
• Coroutines — Lua's built-in cooperative multitasking for generators, state machines, and async patterns.
• LuaJIT — a just-in-time compiler for Lua that provides C-level performance for hot paths.
• C API — embed Lua in C/C++ applications or write C extensions callable from Lua.
• Game development — use LOVE2D, Defold, or Roblox Studio to build games with Lua.
• Neovim — configure and extend Neovim with Lua plugins.

Resources

• Lua Official Documentation — the official language reference manual.
• Programming in Lua by Roberto Ierusalimschy — the definitive book on Lua.
• LuaJIT — the high-performance Lua implementation.
• Awesome Lua — a curated list of Lua libraries and resources.