XML & LUA Books

[DJManic]

Does anybody know of any good XML and LUA books for a beginner?

I have zero knowledge of LUA and minimal knowledge of XML. Without either it seems my illustrator and photoshop skills are worthless if I want to make a UI.

[flaska]

Hacking World of Warcraft

Available on http://shop.pcmag.com/shop/product/H...021428003.aspx

[Seerah]

Programming in Lua
http://www.lua.org/pil/

Though not a book, check out WoW UI Designer on this site to help you with creating frames, buttons, etc.

And finally... Look at other people's code to see how they do things.

[DJManic]

Thank you for the responses. I guess I gotta get started on the long quest chain [70] Learning LUA and XML.

[jonathon]

XML is a lot easier than you think, I forget the link, but you can find a break down of the blizzard xml on line.

I used the tutorial and beleive it or not the book called XML for dumbies.

That book was very useful, especially before it got into css.

[Kaomie]

Originally Posted by wildlandfire21 ...the book called XML for dumbies.

I like the emphasis by changing the 'm' into a 'b'

[jonathon]

Originally Posted by Kaomie I like the emphasis by changing the 'm' into a 'b'

lol, I wasn't trying to be funny, just a really bad speller.

LMAO...

[Seerah]

also, wowwiki is your new best friend.

[Nantanlupan]

For begining level LUA I highly recommend "Begining Lua Programming" By Kurt Jung and Aaron Brown. Its a Wrox publication and is very good. The ISBN # is 978-0-470-06917-2.
Another good resource is "Game Development with LUA". ISBN # 1-58450-404-8.

[Eidolarr]

Programming in Lua is a fantastic and surprisingly readable book. I'd recommend the hard 5.1 copy, just to be able to hold it in your hands.

XML? Stick to Lua and write guess/trial-and-error-oriented code, and write handwavey explanations whenever you get something right. Works for me!