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Basic Lua template

This template provides a basic setup for developing Lua-based applications on the AO platform. It features a simple Lua Counter process that demonstrates how to create and interact with Lua processes within the AO ecosystem. The template includes both the backend Lua process and a React + Vite frontend, allowing developers to quickly start building and testing AO applications with a user-friendly interface.

lua frontend

Features

This starter template with a simple Lua Counter process. It includes a basic Lua process that increments a counter and returns the current count.

  • Lua Counter Process
  • React + Vite Frontend to interact with the process.

How to build, deploy and run

Install dependencies

npm install
npm i -g https://get_ao.g8way.io

After installation, simply run:

aos

This will setup a new keyfile for you, and then you can export it as an environment variable

export WALLET_JSON="$(cat ~/.aos.json)"

More information can be found here

Build the Lua process

chmod +x ./ao/process-name/scripts/build.sh
 
npm run process-name:build

Deploy the Lua process

chmod +x ./ao/process-name/scripts/deploy.sh
 
npm run process-name:deploy

Inject the process id into the frontend app

npm run process-name:inject

Run the frontend app

npm run frontend:dev