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==Documentation==<br />
* [[mw:Extension:Scribunto/Lua reference manual|Scribunto Lua reference manual]]<br />
* [http://www.lua.org/pil/contents.html#P1 Programming in Lua]<br />
* [http://lua-users.org/wiki/PatternsTutorial Introduction to Lua patterns] <br />
* [http://www.regular-expressions.info/ About regex]. Lua "patterns" are based on [[Regex]] (Patterns are a reduced set of regex).<br />
* [[Help:Lua metamodules]]: Lua in Wikipedia has several meta-modules available that can make core functions easily available.<br />
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==Wikibooks==<br />
* {{wikibooks-inline|Lua Programming}}<br />
* {{wikibooks-inline|Scribunto: An Introduction}}<br />
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==How-to guides==<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Lua style guide]] &ndash; standards to improve the readability of code through consistency<br />
* [[:File:WMF Tech Talk 2013-02-28 slides - Scribunto presentation.pdf|"What do converted templates look like?" (slideshow)]]<br />
* [[Help:Lua debugging]] &ndash; a how-to guide about [[debugging]] Lua modules<br />
* [[Help:Lua for beginners]] &ndash; basic tutorial and pointers<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Lua string functions]] &ndash; string performance considerations and limits<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Guide to Scribbling]] &ndash; how to write templates that use Scribunto/Lua<br />
:* [[Wikipedia:Guide to Scribbling/Programmers' Quick start Guide to Lua]] &ndash; a list of essential points<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Comparable Lua functions to wikitext]] &ndash; how to convert wikitext to Lua<br />
* [[Wikiversity:Lua]] &ndash; Lua tutorial from Wikiversity<br />
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==Essays on Lua==<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Lua articles]]<br />
* [[User:Dragons flight/Lua performance]]<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Lua unit testing]]<br />
* [[mw:User:Sumanah/Lua vs Javascript]]<br />
* {{cite web|url=http://www.lua.org/gems/sample.pdf|title=Lua Performance Tips|author=Roberto Ierusalimschy|publisher=lua.org}}<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Lua speed]] &ndash; comparing template and module speeds ('''obsolete (because of HHVM)''')<br />
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==Module links list==<br />
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* {{tlx|lmd|2=Example}} to produce module links: {{Lmd|Example}}<br />
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==WikiProject Lua templates==<br />
* Template documentation can be related to module using {{tl|Lua}}:<br />
{{Lua|Module:Example}}<br />
* [[Template:WikiProject Lua header]] – this page's tabbed header<br />
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==Lua navigation on en:wikipedia==<br />
{{Lua programming language}}<br />
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{{Wikipedia technical help|collapsed}}</div>
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