Lua Basics
Best practices for writing effective Lua code in FiveM. This skill covers fundamental Lua patterns, performance optimizations, and code quality guidelines specifically for FiveM development.
When to use
- Writing or reviewing Lua code for FiveM resources.
- Questions about Lua best practices, naming conventions, or code structure.
- Optimizing Lua code for performance.
- Need guidance on functions, tables, variables, conditionals, or error handling in Lua.
How to use
Read individual rule files for detailed explanations and examples:
- rules/functions.md — Function best practices: size, naming, parameters, exports, guard clauses.
- rules/tables.md — Table operations: array indices, dereferencing, avoiding table.insert, iterations, array size.
- rules/variables.md — Variable naming conventions: constants, locals, globals, enums vs booleans.
- rules/conditionals.md — Conditional patterns: default values, boolean expressions, readability.
- rules/errors.md — Error handling: assertions, pre-conditions, errors as values, fail loudly.
- rules/reference-links.md — Official Lua and FiveM documentation resources.