NeovimConf 2022: Lua, a Primer

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Let's take a look at Lua; how to use it, how it integrates with NeoVim, and how you can get going with it quickly.
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🚀 SUMMARY:
This talk originally appeared live as part of NeovimConf 2022 live on the Primeagens stream over on Twitch. In this talk, I discuss how to use Lua and how you can get started with it quickly. We also touch on how you can use it to configure your neovim configuration. Finally, we touch on some of the powerful APIs and interfaces available through Lua to create plugins and simple scripts.
Download Lua: www.lua.org/do...
Lua reference manual: www.lua.org/ma...
Nvim Lua docs: neovim.io/doc/...
The GitHub Nvim Lua Guide: github.com/nan...
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Hi all, I’m John, an experienced software engineer and open source software enthusiast. I make fun and informative videos about tech, engineering, productivity, and life! Like, comment, and subscribe for more!!

[@pratyushrao7979]

Lua mentioned! Let's go brazillll

[@dan_le_brown]

This was a good watch to get started understanding Lua and Neovim

[@monugupta32]

This is wonderful, I'm starting with lua & it's manual, the way lua is used in neovim config with vims api is something i found confusing off the bat.

[@karnellschultz6446]

thanks dude!

[@iconoclastsc2]

Thanks, this was useful.

[@rajeshwarprasad9061]

Having a data structure which is a mix of array and dictionary is genius

[@biggerdoofus]

Good primer, but there is one aspect I think should've been included: values vs. references. Tables are references. I think userdata types are too, but they're basically opaque tables. Everything else are values.

[@dannyize]

Take a shot of vodka every time you hear "footgun".

[@JohnCodes]

I would be drunk.

[@dannyize]

I should add that I am a subscriber and that I liked the video. I had to google footgun. I was pleased that I had heard it correctly; my hearing is not as good as it was. Also, I am not a pro developer.

[@rodelias9378]

Lua, a prime .. agen

[@JohnCodes]

haha!

[@Linuxdirk]

Lua returning `nil` for things it doesn't know is actually quite awesome. You can just do things like `print(v[99] or "I don't know.")`.

[@destinlee]

John awesome video. Enjoyed it live and this rewatch. Quick question. What tool do you use to display your keystrokes??

[@JohnCodes]

Thanks so much! The utility for getting your keystrokes onscreen is called "screenkey"

[@destinlee]

@@JohnCodes Thank you good sir!!

[@GoogleUser-uv9bo]

Yes yes, I learnt x in y minutes.

[@shaileshsundram]

The talk is informative but the video quality is sub-par.

[@JohnCodes]

Yeah, they had some stream trouble trying to do the re-stream with multiple people. Hopefully next year it's better!

[@BryanChance]

Uppercase variables are used to indicate global? That's a terrible way to fix Lua's global by default thing. LOL

[@lmnts556]

They REALLY need to change it to indexing starting at 0, everyone should be adapting the same, not different things. It so silly and SO ANNOYING.