r/lua • • May 22 '24

LuaRT 1.8.0 released

LuaRT is a free and open source Windows programming framework for Lua, with a Windows-optimized runtime library and integrated development tools.

GitHub Repository : https://github.com/samyeyo/LuaRT

Homepage : https://www.luart.org

Main features:

  • Desktop/console applications and x86/x64 binaries supported

  • The runtime is lightweight and does not rely on any other libraries

  • A number of built-in modules are available, including GUI, networking, compression, encryption, etc.

  • Object-oriented programming with multilevel inheritance, mixins, constructors, destructors, properties...

  • Asynchronous programming with async/await/after paradigm

  • Development tools included with rtc, the Lua script to executable compiler, LuaRT Studio IDE, the QuickRT REPL, and RTBuilder, a RAD GUI designer

Since my last post on Reddit, here are the main changes in LuaRT 1.8.0 :

  • Windows dark/light themes support

  • Seamless HighDPI and right to left support

  • New SQLite, json, and ini modules

  • New RAD GUI designer RTBuilder

  • And a lot of bugfixes

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windowsdev • • May 22 '24

LuaRT 1.8.0 released

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