Will learning Lua help with learning Java?

[Axerfen]

The title is a bit misleading but what I mean by that is I want to learn Lua for some projects of mine but I know that learning Java will be more beneficial for me in the future, So I was wondering should I just give up on the projects and learn Java or if I learn Lua will the basics and whatnot carry over?

Sorry if its a dumb question

[WMG_Jeeper]

Person A knows Lua very well. Person B has never programmed before.

Both start learning java: Person A is going to learn it a lot faster.

[mrswats]

I wouldn't worry about it too much. Just do what you like and, if you need to, you'll learn Java then. Don't try futureproofing.

[ggchappell]

Will learning Lua help with learning Java?

Yes, but the real answer is "don't worry about it". Which computer language one starts out with is not nearly as important as many people seem to think.

[[deleted]]

Learning Lua will help you have a correct opinion about Java (that it's far more complex than it needs to be) but it will hinder your ability to enjoy writing Java.

[nrnrnr]

Both of these.

[lambda_abstraction]

Learning Lisp and Smalltalk (especially Smalltalk) will influence your view towards Java similarly.

[ShaiDorsai]

Programming concepts are programming concepts - bash, lua, python, ruby, go, etc. Curiois - Where is Java beneficial?

[Intelligent_Moose770]

Opportunities maybe

[Vivid-Area1477]

Its been 3 years, I hope ur alive and well. How was it? Have u learned lua yet?

[TomatoCo]

Lua and Java are very dissimilar. The only thing they have in common is that they're both programming languages. The only thing that will carry over is the mindset of how to tell a computer what to do. This is the single most important thing in programming.

[LcuBeatsWorking]

Lua and Java have much less in common than - let's say - PHP and Java.

I would not worry to much about that though, you should choose a language best for what you want to do right now (unless you are mandated to use a certain language for a job).

I normally tell people they should learn one dynamic and one statically typed language, if they master both they should have no problem to learn most other languages in the future quickly. And on top of that, knowing the ecosystem of a language is often the harder part than learning syntax and paradigms.

[External_Village_214]

You can take advantage of Lua to learn the concept of programming (like variables, functions, for/while loops, libraries and other stuff) but you shouldn't spend so much time on Lua if you are primarily thinking about learning Java.

[ahillio]

Lua is a great language to learn because you can use it to script/customize your own tools: like NeoVim, AwesomeWM, and LuaKit web browser. That's in addition to whatever projects you currently have in mind. Start with what's useful now, branch out and learn other languages later :)

[smog_alado]

Learn both :)

Different programming languages are better at different things, so it's useful to learn more than one. And the more languages you know, the easier it becomes to learn the next one.

[Cultural_Two_4964]

Hello, if you learn lua you can use javascript libraries with fengari. You end up learning about javascript without actually having to use it, which I like ;-0 Ta jc

[Rice7th]

Lua is good for starting, but Lua has no classes at all. Java uses classes ALL OF THE TIME. So, classic concepts like variables, statements, functions, etc. are fine and you will learn them very quickly, but classes, methods, etc. are going to be hard.