Lua Coding Tips

This is a guideline for best practices when writing Lua code.

Try to use local variables whenever possible.

• References: WowAce coding tips

Ideally an addon should use only a single unique global. For instance, the global variable is written and read by more than a hundred addons.

Use instead of the deprecated getglobal

Any value other than and is truthy. Similarly, use the operator unless you want to explicitly check for or. Although this generally is a case of user preferences and coding style.