exercism.org/lua/hello-world/HELP.md

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Running the tests

To run the tests, run the command busted from within the exercise directory.

Refer to the Installing Lua locally documentation to get Lua and busted installed correctly.

Submitting your solution

You can submit your solution using the exercism submit hello-world.lua command. This command will upload your solution to the Exercism website and print the solution page's URL.

It's possible to submit an incomplete solution which allows you to:

• See how others have completed the exercise
• Request help from a mentor

Need to get help?

If you'd like help solving the exercise, check the following pages:

• The Lua track's documentation
• The Lua track's programming category on the forum
• Exercism's programming category on the forum
• The Frequently Asked Questions

Should those resources not suffice, you could submit your (incomplete) solution to request mentoring.

There are many great free online resources for Lua including:

1. lua.org
2. A highly recommended detailed and authoritative introduction to all aspects of Lua programming by Lua's chief architect: Programming in Lua, by Roberto Ierusalimschy. Note that the first edition (covering Lua 5.0) is freely available online.
3. For an official definition of the Lua language, consult the Lua 5.4 Reference Manual, by R. Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, W. Celes.
4. Lua Style Guide
5. Learn Lua in 15 minutes
6. Some options for linting
   • Lua Lint
   • Lua Inspect
   • luacheck
   • Detecting Undefined Variables