looking for direction

[justinbarrett]

ok, I have asked a few things already in this forum, and I assumed I could just jump in a get to making an addon or two...but it is now abundantly clear that I am lost
I do not understand some of the basic concepts of the language...

how do I declare a global variable?

these "[]" do not encapsulate a function or action...

where are all the semicolans

so I am wondering if someone, anyone, could point me to a LUA for beginners tutorial...not a tutorial that tells me how to do something specific, but that breaks down the syntax for me....

how to write a basic function

how do I declare variables(global or local)

etc....just a very simple tutorial...I could probably get through it in a few minutes based on my current programming skills but I need direction...thank you.
please, no youtube, or video. I am using a slow connection and I assume a simple page or two on the internet should do the trick