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==Documentation==
* [[mw:Extension:Scribunto/Lua reference manual|Scribunto Lua reference manual]]
* [http://www.lua.org/pil/contents.html#P1 Programming in Lua]
* [http://lua-users.org/wiki/PatternsTutorial Introduction to Lua patterns] 
* [http://www.regular-expressions.info/ About regex]. Lua "patterns" are based on [[Regex]] (Patterns are a reduced set of regex).
* [[Help:Lua metamodules]]: Lua in Wikipedia has several meta-modules available that can make core functions easily available.

==Wikibooks==
* {{wikibooks-inline|Lua Programming}}
* {{wikibooks-inline|Scribunto: An Introduction}}

==How-to guides==
* [[Wikipedia:Lua style guide]] &ndash; standards to improve the readability of code through consistency
* [[:File:WMF Tech Talk 2013-02-28 slides - Scribunto presentation.pdf|"What do converted templates look like?" (slideshow)]]
* [[Help:Lua debugging]] &ndash; a how-to guide about [[debugging]] Lua modules
* [[Help:Lua for beginners]] &ndash; basic tutorial and pointers
* [[Wikipedia:Lua string functions]] &ndash; string performance considerations and limits
* [[Wikipedia:Guide to Scribbling]] &ndash; how to write templates that use Scribunto/Lua
:* [[Wikipedia:Guide to Scribbling/Programmers' Quick start Guide to Lua]] &ndash; a list of essential points
* [[Wikipedia:Comparable Lua functions to wikitext]] &ndash; how to convert wikitext to Lua
* [[Wikiversity:Lua]] &ndash; Lua tutorial from Wikiversity
* [[:mw:Extension:SyntaxHighlight|mw:SyntaxHighlight]]: <code>&lt;syntaxhighlight lang="Lua"> .. &lt;/syntaxhighlight></code>

==Essays on Lua==
* [[Wikipedia:Lua articles]]
* [[User:Dragons flight/Lua performance]]
* [[Wikipedia:Lua unit testing]]
* [[mw:User:Sumanah/Lua vs Javascript]]
* {{cite web|url=http://www.lua.org/gems/sample.pdf|title=Lua Performance Tips|author=Roberto Ierusalimschy|publisher=lua.org}}
* [[Wikipedia:Lua speed]] &ndash; comparing template and module speeds ('''obsolete (because of HHVM)''')

==Module links list==

* {{tlx|lmd|2=Example}} to produce module links: {{Lmd|Example}}

==WikiProject Lua templates==
* Template documentation can be related to module using {{tl|Lua}}:
{{Lua|Module:Example}}
* [[Template:WikiProject Lua header]] – this page's tabbed header

==Lua navigation on en:wikipedia==
{{Lua programming language}}

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