Looking for a programming environment for Lua.

Solar2D Lua Language
#1

I’m usually working with eclipse for any other language, but I see that this is not the best choice for Lua (except you can recommend a good Add-on for eclipse especialy for lua).

I’ve tried Outlaw, but it seems to have TOO MANY bugs and problems it’s driving me nuts!

just for example, when I setup the adress for my Corona SDK, once I try to lunch my project I get that:

(the adress is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Corona Labs\Corona SDK\Corona Simulator.exe)

for god’s sake, it doesn’t recognize spaces.

I would like a decent suggestion on which software should I program Lua?

#2

Sublime

#3

Amm, can you please elaborate a bit?

#4

Lua Glider

#5

I would really love to use an  Add-on for eclipse, however I’ve tried this one:

http://flashapplications.de/?p=946

and when I try to install the URL: http://luaeclipse.luaforge.net/update-site/site.xml

eclipse says it can’t find it… I’m going nuts with this lua

#6

Sublime is a popular text editor that works well with many languages.

Notepad++ is another option (and is free), but doesn’t natively have autocompletion for LUA.

There’s also DECODA.

You mentioned Eclipse. Check out: http://www.eclipse.org/koneki/ldt/

#7

+1 on Sublime.  It’s a simple editor out of the box with syntax highlighting, indentation support and easy to navigate between a directory of files.  There is a lot of power under the hood with its macros to make life easier in re-formating code, bulk search and replace and etc - but to start, it’s quick and gets what you need.  Sublime + Corona SDK in the background offer a good development combo.

#8

What add-on do you guys use with Sublime to get the Corona APIs?

#9

hi mikehaberle, how do you use corona SDK and eclipse with this Add-On?

I can write in lua now but I got error when I try to lunch the project.

and if I use sublime, how do I make it lunch in Corona SDK?

#10

@JonPM
This is a good post for sublime
http://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/33883-anyone-using-sublime-text-2/?fromsearch=1

#11

I have wanted to try Sublime but pages upon pages about how to set it up, ain’t noboddy got time for that!

#12

Beats dealing with bugs in others. At lease it does to me

#13

Lua Glider works for me. Some UI things are touchy, but overall it get the job done.

#14

I have glider and like using it. Except it just feels cluttered to me. And have you seen all the bugs ppl post

#15

Sublime Text!

Sublime Text!

Sublime Text!

Sublime Text!

Sublime Text!

Sublime Text!

Really… I’ve checked around, and there is no comparison. (except maybe Brackets, but it slows down pretty quickly - plus, it’s a work in progress)

And I don’t know what @jonjonsson is talking about - I got it, opened it, and there you go. Done.

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#16

I’ve now spent more than a day with sublime, setting up and using.

From Netbeans and Glider I’m accustomed to few things that I’m not willing to let go:

Problem: Live runtime error reporting. So when I make a mistake like forgetting to put ‘end’ or whatever, I know it instantly.

Solved: Installed https://github.com/lano78/SublimeCoronaSDK It’s not as nice as Glider, its harder to spot errors, but good enough.

Problem: Live diff from last commit. So when I add a new feature I see instantly what I’m changing where. Easy to review changes on the fly.

Solved: Found nothing for Mercurial, so converted to Git and installed GitGutter: https://github.com/jisaacks/GitGutter Again its not as nice, I can’t hover over and see before version etc. But alright anyway.

So my conclusion was that I was going to use Sublime because Glider is quite a battery hog Sublime is really cool and light.

But turns out I have been spoiled by Glider. I LOVE the fact that Glider highlights globals in my code. It saves much more time than I had realized. Specially these days when I’m doing GameCenter and Facebook integration and making a build every 5 minutes. Example, first screenshot is Sublime, error not so easy to spot, second is Glider and its really obvious.

Sublime: 

Glider:

I looked into adding as a plugin to Sublime, the Lua plugin above uses Luac which can list globals, but its not as easy as it sounds I think. 

#17

@jonjonsson

i agree with you point above. i was the same way but after about a week of using sublime i got use to it and now i use it all the time. i will still use glider from time to time for certain things but 99% of the time its sublime now

#18

Yeah I know what you mean. I just really miss that, the other things I can live without.

I looked a bit more into modifying or making a plugin and I’m half way there. Right now it lists the globals in the console as soon as they appear, just have to make it highlight them in the code. I guess I’ll make it my weekend project.

#19

Just comment passing :slight_smile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAWQc7ZK05U

#20

glider, editor and the debugger, are really good if you learned the basics.