Tutorial series

Lua Coroutines

5 tutorials — follow in order for the best learning path.

1. Coroutine Basics: Create, Resume, Yield

   Learn Lua coroutine basics: create, resume, and yield coroutines for cooperative multitasking. Build iterators, task schedulers, handle pitfalls.

   8 min read · intermediate
2. Producer-Consumer with Coroutines

   Implement producer-consumer coroutines in Lua for cooperative multitasking. Covers data pipelines, multiple producers, and when coroutines beat threads.

   12 min read · intermediate
3. Cooperative Multitasking Patterns

   Learn how to build cooperative multitasking workflows in Lua using coroutines with producer-consumer, scheduler, and pipeline patterns.

   advanced
4. Coroutine Wrappers and Iterators

   Discover coroutine wrappers and iterators in Lua: generators, tree traversal, functional pipelines, and lazy file processing without manual state tracking.

   intermediate
5. Async Patterns with Coroutines

   Learn async patterns with Lua coroutines: producer-consumer pipelines, event loops, async/await simulation, and error handling for non-blocking operations.

   intermediate