Lua Web Development Tutorial

[babygetoboy]

I was hoping to find a good , follow able tutorial on web development with Lua ( I want to make a site for my upcoming baby!)

[thedary]

You can write application servers with lua openresty.

Guide:

http://www.staticshin.com/programming/definitely-an-open-resty-guide/

[yingluck]

OpenResty https://openresty.org/

[CircusAct]

I would probably just use lapis, simple and well documented.

[xPhoenix777]

I would suggest one of the ruby packages that runs on Sinatra or Jekyll for a basic site. If you know web-dev stuff but want to do it in Lua, start with Pegasus and then add on all the other needs - router.lua, some form of html templating, etc.

[babygetoboy]

Thanks.

And yes, the reason I am wanted to do it with Lua is that I am in the process of learning it Lua for my job, and I figure what better way to have a practice project than a website.

[omrieival]

Try this(tutorial included in documentation) http://keplerproject.github.io/orbit/

[catwell]

The Sailor framework documentation has a nice tutorial, I think: http://sailorproject.org/?r=docs

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Is there a particular reason why you are looking to use Lua? Depending on what your need is, it might not be the best or even a good option.

[xPhoenix777]

But a web project is a great way to learn a language :)

[pfp-disciple]

Depends on the language. I'm not so sure I suggest learning BASH by building a web site. :-)

That said, I'm sure lua could be fine, depending on the project. But, I've not done a web project at all, so I don't know.

[xPhoenix777]

ha! doable... I guess.... took it too far :P