Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Lua scripting enabled today on all wikis

[Mathieu Stumpf]

Le 2013-03-13 19:38, Guillaume Paumier a écrit :

Greetings,

As you might have seen on the Wikimedia tech

blog(article
included below) or the tech
ambassadors

list,
a new functionality called "Lua" is being enabled on all Wikimedia 
sites

today.


That's so great, thank you! I know there are plenty of templates that 
need it. For example I was waiting for it to write one which generate 
wiktionnaire articles for number, so you can go to 
https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/15687435, and get a description of how 
you prononce it in (hopefuly) each wiktionnaire covered language, plus 
some description.


Thank you to bring us this tool. :)

Kind regards,
mathieu



Lua  is a scripting language
that enables Wikimedia editors to write faster and more powerful 
MediaWiki

templates.

If you have questions about how to convert existing templates to Lua 
(or
how to create new ones), we'll be holding two support sessions on IRC 
next

week: one on

Wednesday(for
Oceania, Asia & America) and one
on

Friday(for
Europe, Africa & America); see m:IRC
office hours  for
details. If you can't make it, you can also get help at mw:Talk:Lua
scripting .

If you'd like to learn about this kind of events earlier in advance,
consider becoming a Tech
ambassadorby
subscribing to the mailing
list 
.



=

New Lua templates bring faster, more flexible pages to your

wiki
Posted by Sumana Harihareswara
on March 11th, 2013

Starting Wednesday, March 13th, you’ll be able to make wiki pages 
even more

useful, no matter what language you speak: we’re adding
Luaas a
templating language. This will make it easier for you to create and
change infoboxes, tables, and other useful MediaWiki templates. We’ve
already started to deploy
Scribunto(the
MediaWiki extension that enables this); it’s on several of the sites,
including
English Wikipedia , 
right now.


You’ll find this useful for performing more complex tasks for which
templates are too complex or slow *—* common examples include numeric
computations, string manipulation and parsing, and decision trees. 
Even if
you don’t write templates, you’ll enjoy seeing pages load faster and 
with

more interesting ways to present information.
Background

MediaWiki developers introduced templates and parser

functionsyears
ago to allow end-users of MediaWiki to replicate content easily and
build tools using basic logic. Along the way, we found that we were 
turning
wikitext into a limited programming language. Complex templates have 
caused
performance issues and bottlenecks, and it’s difficult for users to 
write

and understand templates. Therefore, the Lua scripting
projectaims to make it
possible for MediaWiki end-users to use a proper scripting
language that will be more powerful and efficient than ad-hoc, parser
functions-based logic. The example of Lua’s use in World of
Warcraftis promising; even novices with 
no

programming experience have been able to
make large changes to their graphical experiences by quickly learning 
some

Lua.
Lua on your wiki

As of March 13th, you’ll be able to use Lua on your home wiki (if 
it’s not
already enabled). Lua code can be embedded into wiki templates by 
employing

the {{#invoke:}} parser function provided by the Scribunto MediaWiki
extension. The Lua source code is stored in pages called modules 
(e.g.,

Module:Bananas ). These
individual modules are then invoked on template pages. The example:
Template:Lua
hello world  
uses
the code {{#invoke:Bananas|hello}} to print the text “Hello, world!”. 
So,
if you start seeing edits in the Module namespace, that’s what’s 
going on.

Getting started

Check out the basic “hello, world!”

instructions,
then look at Brad Jorsch’s short

presentation

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Lua scripting enabled today on all wikis

[Emily Blanchard]

Perfect timing since we are having a Lua focused meetup Thursday evening!




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On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Guillaume Paumier
wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> As you might have seen on the Wikimedia tech
> blog<
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/11/lua-templates-faster-more-flexible-pages/
> >(article
> included below) or the tech
> ambassadors list<
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-March/000171.html
> >,
> a new functionality called "Lua" is being enabled on all Wikimedia sites
> today. Lua  is a scripting language
> that enables Wikimedia editors to write faster and more powerful MediaWiki
> templates.
>
> If you have questions about how to convert existing templates to Lua (or
> how to create new ones), we'll be holding two support sessions on IRC next
> week: one on Wednesday<
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=02&min=00&sec=0&day=20&month=03&year=2013
> >(for
> Oceania, Asia & America) and one
> on Friday<
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=18&min=00&sec=0&day=22&month=03&year=2013
> >(for
> Europe, Africa & America); see m:IRC
> office hours  for
> details. If you can't make it, you can also get help at mw:Talk:Lua
> scripting .
>
> If you'd like to learn about this kind of events earlier in advance,
> consider becoming a Tech
> ambassadorby
> subscribing to the mailing
> list .
>
>
> =
>
> New Lua templates bring faster, more flexible pages to your
> wiki<
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/11/lua-templates-faster-more-flexible-pages/
> >
> Posted by Sumana Harihareswara
> on March 11th, 2013
>
> Starting Wednesday, March 13th, you’ll be able to make wiki pages even more
> useful, no matter what language you speak: we’re adding
> Luaas a
> templating language. This will make it easier for you to create and
> change infoboxes, tables, and other useful MediaWiki templates. We’ve
> already started to deploy
> Scribunto(the
> MediaWiki extension that enables this); it’s on several of the sites,
> including
> English Wikipedia , right
> now.
>
> You’ll find this useful for performing more complex tasks for which
> templates are too complex or slow *—* common examples include numeric
> computations, string manipulation and parsing, and decision trees. Even if
> you don’t write templates, you’ll enjoy seeing pages load faster and with
> more interesting ways to present information.
> Background
>
> MediaWiki developers introduced templates and parser
> functionsyears
> ago to allow end-users of MediaWiki to replicate content easily and
> build tools using basic logic. Along the way, we found that we were turning
> wikitext into a limited programming language. Complex templates have caused
> performance issues and bottlenecks, and it’s difficult for users to write
> and understand templates. Therefore, the Lua scripting
> projectaims to make it
> possible for MediaWiki end-users to use a proper scripting
> language that will be more powerful and efficient than ad-hoc, parser
> functions-based logic. The example of Lua’s use in World of
> Warcraftis promising; even novices with no
> programming experience have been able to
> make large changes to their graphical experiences by quickly learning some
> Lua.
> Lua on your wiki
>
> As of March 13th, you’ll be able to use Lua on your home wiki (if it’s not
> already enabled). Lua code can be embedded into wiki templates by employing
> the {{#invoke:}} parser function provided by the Scribunto MediaWiki
> extension. The Lua source code is stored in pages called modules (e.g.,
> Module:Bananas ). These
> individual modules are then invoked on template pages. The example:
> Template:Lua
> hello world  uses
> the code {{#invoke:Bananas|hello}} to print the text “Hello, world!”. So,
> if you start seeing edits in the Module namespace, that’s what’s going on.
> Getting started
>
> Check out the basic “hello, world!”
> instructions<
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto/Lua_reference_manual#Getting_started
> >

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Lua scripting enabled today on all wikis

[Guillaume Paumier]

Greetings,

As you might have seen on the Wikimedia tech
blog(article
included below) or the tech
ambassadors 
list,
a new functionality called "Lua" is being enabled on all Wikimedia sites
today. Lua  is a scripting language
that enables Wikimedia editors to write faster and more powerful MediaWiki
templates.

If you have questions about how to convert existing templates to Lua (or
how to create new ones), we'll be holding two support sessions on IRC next
week: one on 
Wednesday(for
Oceania, Asia & America) and one
on 
Friday(for
Europe, Africa & America); see m:IRC
office hours  for
details. If you can't make it, you can also get help at mw:Talk:Lua
scripting .

If you'd like to learn about this kind of events earlier in advance,
consider becoming a Tech
ambassadorby
subscribing to the mailing
list .


=

New Lua templates bring faster, more flexible pages to your
wiki
Posted by Sumana Harihareswara
on March 11th, 2013

Starting Wednesday, March 13th, you’ll be able to make wiki pages even more
useful, no matter what language you speak: we’re adding
Luaas a
templating language. This will make it easier for you to create and
change infoboxes, tables, and other useful MediaWiki templates. We’ve
already started to deploy
Scribunto(the
MediaWiki extension that enables this); it’s on several of the sites,
including
English Wikipedia , right now.

You’ll find this useful for performing more complex tasks for which
templates are too complex or slow *—* common examples include numeric
computations, string manipulation and parsing, and decision trees. Even if
you don’t write templates, you’ll enjoy seeing pages load faster and with
more interesting ways to present information.
Background

MediaWiki developers introduced templates and parser
functionsyears
ago to allow end-users of MediaWiki to replicate content easily and
build tools using basic logic. Along the way, we found that we were turning
wikitext into a limited programming language. Complex templates have caused
performance issues and bottlenecks, and it’s difficult for users to write
and understand templates. Therefore, the Lua scripting
projectaims to make it
possible for MediaWiki end-users to use a proper scripting
language that will be more powerful and efficient than ad-hoc, parser
functions-based logic. The example of Lua’s use in World of
Warcraftis promising; even novices with no
programming experience have been able to
make large changes to their graphical experiences by quickly learning some
Lua.
Lua on your wiki

As of March 13th, you’ll be able to use Lua on your home wiki (if it’s not
already enabled). Lua code can be embedded into wiki templates by employing
the {{#invoke:}} parser function provided by the Scribunto MediaWiki
extension. The Lua source code is stored in pages called modules (e.g.,
Module:Bananas ). These
individual modules are then invoked on template pages. The example:
Template:Lua
hello world  uses
the code {{#invoke:Bananas|hello}} to print the text “Hello, world!”. So,
if you start seeing edits in the Module namespace, that’s what’s going on.
Getting started

Check out the basic “hello, world!”
instructions,
then look at Brad Jorsch’s short
presentationfor
a basic example of how to convert a wikitext template into a Lua
module. After that, try Tim Starling’s
tutorial
.

To help you preview and test a converted template, try
Special:TemplateSandboxon
your wiki. With it, you can preview a page using sandboxed versions of
templates and modules, allowing for easy testing before yo