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[wxlua-users] Are there tutorials and a Lua reference and command documentation for wxLua and wxWidgets for Lua

[<mi...@wo...>]

While this is all very old, I am very new to Lua programming and 
specifically wxWidgets/wxLua.

I have everything in place and working, as well as wxFormBuilder and am 
using it (yet more to learn).

I am used to OOP and languages like Visual Basic, Basic, C, Php, HTML, 
CSS, MySQL and more, so Lua
should not really be too hard for me.  However, since there is little to 
no documentation for wxLua and
wxWidgets, I am pretty lost.  The docs that are available, as has been 
mentioned on other forums, could
literally give you a headache.

I have tried youtube for videos, but most regarding wxFormBuilder are 
for C++ or Python.  Due to my needs
I am using Lua 5.1 (yes, I know 5.3 is available but I need 5.1 for 
crypto libraries and wxLua/wxWidgets)
and just need some help.  If there are any tutorials or other easier to 
read docs, books, manuals, etc
that would be great.

Specifically, I am trying to save/load and encrypt/decrypt data using 
Lua and sha-256, AES or Blowfish.
I am also trying to simply code the various widgets (buttons, text 
controls, etc) in Lua and having a hard
time.  Something as mundane as a Login and registration form that is 
usually very easy to do with a MySQL database
is giving me real grief in Lua.

I have gone through all the wxWidget samples and gleaned a small amount 
of learning from them, but I am not
grasping the overall concept.  I have watched Lua tutorials on YouTube 
and it seems overly easy and very basic-like,
but that does not seem to be the case with wxLua and wxWidgets.  I DO 
NOT program in C++ and have never been
able to grasp it.

I appreciate any guidance to tech support forums or learning materials.

Thank you.

Mike

Re: [wxlua-users] Are there tutorials and a Lua reference and command documentation for wxLua and wxWidgets for Lua

[Hernan C. <jhe...@gm...>]

Hi, Mike.

http://wxlua.sourceforge.net/

http://wxlua.sourceforge.net/docs/wxlua.html

http://wxlua.sourceforge.net/docs/wxluaref.html

With respect to a "no documentation for wxLua and wxWidgets", I consider
all you need to know is:

wxLua is a clon of Lua v5.1 specifically compiled to take advantage of
wxWidgets. This means that all the documentation of wxLua (functions to use
in wxLua, the reference) is really the documentation of wxWidgets.

Then... in the third link I wrote you in this message [[ wxLuaRef ]] you
can find the very API that was really incorporated (from wxWidgets) in
wxLua. This means: when you need to use a wxWidgets class, you must look
for it from the wxLuaRef.html page and see if it was incorporated. The
third column called "Wrapped by wxLua" give you the key.

I can share more info with you about this. I would like to guide you in
understanding wxLua and wxWidgets.

We can keep in touch.

*HERNAN CANO MARTINEZ*
Analista de Sistemas

My son made a very intensive study of this same library and he developed a
"framework" (he called so) for developing "better" in Lua using wxWidgets.
I can share the "Lide framework" with you and who could ask for it. My son
went to the sky on past january-30-2019, and he puts some info in GitHub
and other pages as TheDary. I'll look for the info.

Re: [wxlua-users] Are there tutorials and a Lua reference and command documentation for wxLua and wxWidgets for Lua

[<mi...@wo...>]

Hernan,

Thank you for your reply.  Yes, I have those links already and they are 
pretty hard to understand with little to no code examples, which is 
truthfully
how I learn programming.  I was hoping for more actual tutorials or 
expanded, easy to read, documentation.  Not sure what you mean by "This 
means: when you
need to use a wxWidgets class, you must look for it from the 
wxLuaRef.html page and see if it was incorporated. The third column 
called "Wrapped by wxLua"
give you the key."

What key?

Your son's project sounds interesting and I am sorry he passed. I would 
be very interested in your Lide Framework.

Mike



On 2019-03-26 13:01, Hernan Cano wrote:
> Hi, Mike.
> 
> http://wxlua.sourceforge.net/
> 
> http://wxlua.sourceforge.net/docs/wxlua.html
> 
> http://wxlua.sourceforge.net/docs/wxluaref.html
> 
> With respect to a "no documentation for wxLua and wxWidgets", I
> consider all you need to know is:
> 
> wxLua is a clon of Lua v5.1 specifically compiled to take advantage of
> wxWidgets. This means that all the documentation of wxLua (functions
> to use in wxLua, the reference) is really the documentation of
> wxWidgets.
> 
> Then... in the third link I wrote you in this message [[ wxLuaRef ]]
> you can find the very API that was really incorporated (from
> wxWidgets) in wxLua. This means: when you need to use a wxWidgets
> class, you must look for it from the wxLuaRef.html page and see if it
> was incorporated. The third column called "Wrapped by wxLua" give you
> the key.
> 
> I can share more info with you about this. I would like to guide you
> in understanding wxLua and wxWidgets.
> 
> We can keep in touch.
> 
> HERNAN CANO MARTINEZ
> Analista de Sistemas
> 
> My son made a very intensive study of this same library and he
> developed a "framework" (he called so) for developing "better" in Lua
> using wxWidgets. I can share the "Lide framework" with you and who
> could ask for it. My son went to the sky on past january-30-2019, and
> he puts some info in GitHub and other pages as TheDary. I'll look for
> the info.
> _______________________________________________
> wxlua-users mailing list
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Re: [wxlua-users] Are there tutorials and a Lua reference and command documentation for wxLua and wxWidgets for Lua

[Hernan C. <jhe...@gm...>]

Yes, Mike.
I am going to look for the info and get in contact again with you.

When I say "The third column ...give you the key" I mean that there you can
know what class are in wxLua.

I am also a non C-programmer. I am also reading info for programming in
Lua.

See you soon.


*HERNAN CANO MARTINEZ*
Analista de Sistemas
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