Which Development Environments (IDE) for Android and IOS using Lua?

I want to know what Development Environment options to develop applications for Android and IOS using the Lua language.

Author: Rafael Lemos, 2017-07-14

2 answers

The list is long.

To develop in Lua, you can check a very extensive but not exhaustive list on the lua-users wiki. Following is the list if the link falls:

IDE's that works with Lua by using plugins:

  • Eclipse
  • Emacs
  • howl
  • IntelliJ IDEA
  • Visual Studio

IDE's that work with Lua without needing plugin:

Editors only:

  • CodeMAX
  • Scythian
  • Textadept
  • Vim
  • Zeus for Windows

I left from outside thirteen IDEs that have been without receiving updates for a long time.

As you can see, there are more options than you have teeth. We can not indicate one IDE or another easily - each has its unique characteristics (I leave it to your discretion to study them), and the only ways to find out the most suitable for your case are:

  • Test one by one, or;
  • have enough knowledge about IDE's features that you wouldn'T need to ask the question of any way.

I was going to put together a list of Ide's for Android, but a quick search made me feel that the list might be even bigger than that of Moon IDE's. But there are some more well-known ones. I will quote:

  • Eclipse
  • Android Studio
  • Visual Studio (especially if you use Xamarin)

Already for iOS, you have:

  • Xcode
  • AppCode
  • Code Runner
  • Visual Studio (again, in particular with Xamarin)

Again, I believe that if you search hard you will find material to last a lifetime.

The fact is that nowadays, for any commercially successful language, the programmer just does not use an IDE that is convenient for him if he does not want to.

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Author: Garoto de Programa, 2017-07-17 17:30:30

For IOS, I have already used the Codea . It seems to be friendly, with a built-in Game engine. For prototyping and in early stages for project evaluation, it can help.

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Author: lemoce, 2017-07-17 17:33:57