Installing an IDE

  • There are several Lua IDEs (Integrated Development Environments)
  • Two of these are
    • Lua Development Tools (based on Eclipse)
    • ZeroBrane (Standalone IDE)

Installing Lua Development Tools

Eclipse Lua Development Tools Standalone Download

  • Quick Instructions

    1. Download the Lua Development Tools Standalone Product from the link above
    2. Unzip the tool zip file into a folder called Eclipse Lua (so the files will have a folder)
    3. Create a directory where everything related to Lua can be placed A common practice is to put this on the root of the C disk in Windows
    4. Create a folder called workspace in the same folder where you placed Eclipse Lua Note that this is the author's preference and not a required methodology
    5. On Windows go into Eclipse Lua and right click on the LuaDevelopmentTools.exe
    6. Using "Send To" on windows put a shortcut to the executable on the desktop
    7. To start the tools double click on the desktop icon on Windows
    8. Choose the workspace you created when asked

Installing ZeroBrane

Zerobrane Website

  • Quick Instructions

    1. Go to the Zerobrane website using the link given above
    2. Go to the Download page given on the website
    3. Choose whether you want to support Zerobrane or Choose the link "Take me to the download page this time"
    4. Create a folder to hold the all files related to Zerobrane A common practice is to put this on the root of the C disk in Windows It should be a location that can be found later
    5. Choose the download for the type of computer If you choose the Windows exe file put it in the folder created in the last step
    6. Both the zip file and the exe file for windows give an extracted folder The exe file for windows sets some folder preferences so have it in the correct location before executing it Move the extracted zip file to the correct location if using the zip
    7. Go into the ZeroBraneStudio folder once it is extracted (zip) or created (exe)
    8. Using "Send To" on windows put a shortcut to the executable on the desktop
    9. To start the tools double click on the desktop icon on Windows