# I want to learn lua

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**Created:** [January 23, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/i-want-to-learn-lua/72487 "2023-01-23T13:09:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![selimanac](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/selimanac/32/6397_2.png) [@selimanac](https://forum.defold.com/u/selimanac)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/i-want-to-learn-lua/72487/2 "2023-01-23T13:12:33Z")

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> [@Big List of Lua Resources!](https://forum.defold.com/t/big-list-of-lua-resources/1586):
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> Post links and I may add to the main list. Admins feel free to edit directly to modify and add links. Learn Lua Defold uses Lua 5.1 [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/)[Progamming in Lua](http://www.lua.org/pil/contents.html) (best Lua book - buy a physical copy of latest edition) [Learn Lua in a Single Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMacxZQMPXs) + [Related Cheat Sheet](http://www.newthinktank.com/2015/06/learn-lua-one-video/)[Official Lua Language Reference](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/)[Learn X in Y Minutes Where X=Lua](https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/lua/)[Lua Short Reference](http://lua-users.org/files/wiki_insecure/users/thomasl/luarefv51.pdf)[A Functional Introduction to Lua](https://pragprog.com/magazines/2013-05/a-functional-introduction-to-lua)[Lua Users Wiki](http://lua-users.org/wiki/)[https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Lua\_Programming](https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Lua_Programming)[http://stackoverflow.com/q…](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/lua)

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