Originally Posted by Folji
Is there anything in particular that one should be aware of when learning general Lua and then using that knowledge for WoW? As for actually learning it, I already know my way around ActionScript 3.0 for what good that might or might not do me.
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Well, I wouldn't recognize an ActionScript, erm, script if it came up and bit me, so I can't help much there, but if you're familiar with any programming language, you shouldn't have much trouble learning the basics of Lua.
Pick the simplest addon you use (if you're not sure what constitutes "simple", look for the one with the smallest file size) and think of one way you could change how it works. Then, start looking at its code and trying to figure out how to change that one thing.
Once you've done a few of those and feel like you have a good grasp on what Lua code looks like, and how to identify functions and such, pick something that annoys you about a bigger, more complicated addon you use, and try to change it.
There's a good list of resources in this thread:
http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=43699