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ebook](https://www.lua.org/pil/contents.html)\n\n[Getting started with Lua](https://www.lua.org/start.html)\n\n[Intro to Lua from Core Academy](https://learn.coregames.com/courses/intro-to-lua/)\n\n[Online Lua Classes on Skillshare](https://www.skillshare.com/browse/lua)\n\n[Online Lua Classes on Udemy](https://www.udemy.com/topic/lua/?ratings=4.0\u0026sort=popularity)\n\n[Lua Training Courses from Nobleprog](https://www.nobleprog.com/lua-training)\n\n[RoboCode Academy from Roblox](https://corp.roblox.com/education/)\n\n# Lua Tools, Libraries, and Frameworks\n\n[Lua Language Server](https://github.com/sumneko/lua-language-server) is an extension for VSCode that provides support for the Lua Language Server.\n\n[Apache APISIX](https://github.com/apache/apisix) is a dynamic, real-time, high-performance API gateway, based on the Nginx library and etcd.\n\n[NodeMCU](https://github.com/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware) is an open source Lua based firmware for the [ESP8266 WiFi SOC from Espressif](https://espressif.com/en/products/esp8266/) and uses an on-module flash-based [SPIFFS](https://github.com/pellepl/spiffs) file system. \n\n[GopherLua](https://github.com/yuin/gopher-lua) is a Lua 5.1 VM and compiler written in Go.\n\n[MoonScript](https://github.com/leafo/moonscript) is a programmer friendly language that compiles into Lua.\n\n[Lapis](https://github.com/leafo/lapis) is a web framework for Lua/MoonScript supporting [OpenResty](https://openresty.org/en/) or [http.server](https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http).\n\n[Algernon](https://algernon.roboticoverlords.org) is a web server with built-in support for QUIC, HTTP/2, Lua, Markdown, Pongo2, HyperApp, Amber, Sass(SCSS), GCSS, JSX, BoltDB (built-in, stores the database in a file, like SQLite), Redis, PostgreSQL, MariaDB/MySQL, rate limiting, graceful shutdown, plugins, users and permissions.\n\n[Lua Fun](https://luafun.github.io/) is a high-performance functional programming library for Lua designed with LuaJIT's trace compiler in mind.\n\n[Luakit](https://luakit.github.io/) is a fast, light and simple to use micro-browser framework extensible by Lua using the WebKit web content engine and the GTK+ toolkit.\n\n[Lua Resty HTTP](https://github.com/ledgetech/lua-resty-http) is an HTTP client cosocket driver for [OpenResty](https://openresty.org/en/)/ [ngx_lua](https://github.com/openresty/lua-nginx-module).\n\n[NLua](https://github.com/NLua/NLua) is a bridge between Lua world and the .NET (compatible with .NET Core/UWP/Mac/Linux/Android/iOS/tvOS).\n\n# Contribute\n\n- [x] If would you like to contribute to this guide simply make a [Pull Request](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Lua-Guide/pulls).\n\n\n## License\n\nDistributed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Public 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