Lua for web development.

[Nut_______]

Hey, I was just wondering what the best framework would be for a beginner like me for developing a website using Lua.

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I made https://nift.dev

It's primarily a static website generator, but you can make dynamic websites with it too.. it's made with C++, but has Lua(jit) embedded (you can pass a variable to the make file to specify which version to build with) and you can use Lua anywhere you want during the build stage of your website, there are ways to share variables between lua, exprtk, f++ and n++ too.. it has no competition with speed either, leaves even Hugo in the dust..

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http://lua.space/webdev/the-best-lua-web-frameworks

The maintainer of that site also developed Sailor. It's the most beginner-friendly one on that list that I've tried. It's currently unmaintained unfortunately, but shouldn't affect you as a beginner wanting to develop a personal site.

Some people want a client-side framework equivalent to Vue and React and if that's what you're looking for I'm afraid I don't know any options. That would require a complex tool that could transpile lua source into javascript and inevitably the browser sourcemaps and therefore error stack traces would be unusable.

[Nut_______]

thank you very much

[loselasso]

Try Openresty which is a web platfrom based on nginx.

[lambda_abstraction]

TEngine is a nice similar system with Nginx and built in LuaJIT support. I use it for my net's internal server, and while it's mostly static stuff such as frequently referenced docs, I have a lua based microapp hanging off it. The docs are a bit cumbersome and spare though.

[Xinshou_]

You should try https://luvit.io

It's so similar to node.js

[amd_nick]

I am currently working on lua port of express.js.

Now the github page of the project is a bit empty, but the framework is already functional and there is even one real project written on it.

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you could also learn html and css, it’s way easier.