====== Lua ======


  * [[https://www.wowhead.com/guide/comprehensive-beginners-guide-for-wow-addon-coding-in-lua-5338| WoW Lua guide]]
  * [[https://www.lua.org/cgi-bin/demo|Online Lua demo]]
  * [[https://lua.org/pil/contents.html|Lua documentation]]
  * [[https://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/WoW_AddOn|Wow addons]]
  * [[https://wowprogramming.com/|Wow programming]]
  * [[https://wow.gamepedia.com/World_of_Warcraft_API|Wow API guide]]
  * [[https://authors.curseforge.com/forums|Wow plugin]]

====== Lua in WoW ======

  * ''/reload'' -- Reload plugin directories
  * ''/console scriptErrors 1'' -- Enable lua errors
  * ''/console scriptErrors 0'' -- Disable lua errors
  * ''/etrace'' -- Open event trace
  * ''/fstack'' -- Toggle Frame Stack debugging
  * [[https://wowwiki-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Events_A-Z_(full_list)|WoW events]]
  * [[https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/TOC_format|.toc format]]
  * [[https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Frame_Strata|Frame Strata]]
  * [[https://wowwiki-archive.fandom.com/wiki/AddOn_loading_process|AddOn loading process]]
====== Cheat sheet ======

===== Conditions =====
  * < (less than)
  * <= (less than or equals)
  * > (greater than)
  * >= (greater than or equals)
  * == (equals)
  * ~= (not equals)
  * and
  * or
  * not

===== Variables =====
Type depending on assignment. String, number and boolean.

<code lua>
local a = "Yo man's dude" -- locally scoped
b = 432.12 -- global
</code>

===== Tables =====
<code lua>
greetings = {}
greetings["Orcish"] = "Throm-Ka"
greetings["Draenei"] = "Chronakai Kristor!"
greetings.Thalassian = "Bal'a dash, malanore" -- Another method to fill the table
</code>

<code lua>
greetings = {
    ["Orcish"] = "Throm-Ka",
    ["Draenei"] = "Chronokai Kristor!",
    ["Thalassian"] = "Bal'a dash, malanore"
}

for key, value in pairs(greetings) do
    print("Language: " .. key .. ", greeting: " .. value)
end
</code>

<code lua>
number = 1
potencies = {}

while(number < 4096) do
    number = number * 2
    table.insert(potencies, number)
end

print("Our table has " .. #potencies .. " entries.")
print("The tenth potency of 2 is " .. potencies[10] .. ".")

print("The first " .. #potencies .. " potencies of 2:")

for i = 1, #potencies, 1 do
    print(potencies[i])
end
</code>
===== Loops =====

<code lua>
i = 1

while(i <= 10) do
    print(i)
    i = i + 1
end
</code>

<code lua>
for i = 1, 10, 1 do
    print(i)
end
</code>

<code lua>
for var = start, end, increment do
    -- code
end
</code>

<code lua>
repeat
    -- code
until(condition)
</code>


===== Functions =====

<code lua>
function dummy()
    return "Hey", 54.54
end
</code>

<code lua>

</code>

===== Examples =====

<code lua>
-- Create a frame and register this frame to run code on an event.
local function PrintStuff()
	print("Now this code is executed!")
end

local EventFrame = CreateFrame("frame", "EventFrame")
EventFrame:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD")

EventFrame:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event, ...)
	if(event == "PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD") then
		C_Timer.After(1, PrintStuff)
	end
end)
</code>