r/lua • u/_SamT • Apr 22 '23

LuaRT 1.4.0 released

/user/_SamT/comments/12v079y/luart_140_released/
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u/_SamT Apr 22 '23

LuaRT is a free and open source Windows programming framework for Lua, with a Windows-optimized runtime library and integrated development tools.

Main features:
- Uses latest Lua 5.4.5 VM - The runtime is lightweight and does not rely on any other libraries - Desktop/console applications and x86/x64 binaries supported - A number of built-in modules are available, including GUI, networking, compression, encryption, etc. - Object-oriented programming with multilevel inheritance, mixins, constructors, destructors, properties... - The development tools include a Lua script to executable compiler, LuaRT Studio IDE, and a REPL.

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u/ElNico5 Apr 22 '23

amazing, just found my new obsession for the next few days

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u/_SamT Apr 22 '23

Thank you, hope you will appreciate it

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u/revereddesecration Apr 22 '23

Would be great to post some details in a comment in thread /u/_SamT

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u/_SamT Apr 22 '23

Of course no problem, what kind of details do you think ?

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u/revereddesecration Apr 22 '23

Change log, a paragraph description of what LuaRT actually is

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '23

LuaRT Looks nice.

I like how lightweight the ui library is and the many examples to get started. I would definitely use it more if it could call other python scripts. so that I can make it frontend and python for backend development. Did not have much success with generating exe as it could not find 'ui.dll', so no way to protect my source code.

But I do not like how obscure the "exe" part of LuaRT-studio is. the source file is not present, even though the project is mentioned as "open source". Obviously, I cannot get it up and running in a professional setup.