I recently started using github.com/yuin/gopher-lua for a project to allow users to add filtering criteria that would be highly-specific to a user, but I would never consider using it for implementing a general-purpose plugin.
Using Lua to develop plugins in Go would be ideal IMO. It is not performant like Go, not type-safe like Go, debugging embedded Lua code is difficult compared to working with Delve and Go, and you will have to ship plugin source code, or embed and write to a possibly hidden directory. For real-world plugins I'd say stick with Hashicorp's go-plugin <https://github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin> or similar as others have recommended, and then only fall back to Lua when you want to allow end-users who are not Go developers to extend your app in small ways. #jmtcw #fwiw -Mike P.S. You could also use JavaScript <https://prasanthmj.github.io/go/javascript-parser-in-go/> instead of Lua, and most people are likely more familiar with that. I chose not to use a JavaScript package as I wanted something significantly lighter weight than JS. OTOH, I am seriously considering switching out Lua and moving to github.com/antonmedv/expr for my use-case as it is even lighter weight still. On Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 8:50:54 AM UTC-4 alex-coder wrote: > Hi all. > > Of course, in case if anyone is in interest to write plugins for Go. > I found another option for writing plugins by use Lua. > I haven't touched the example yet, but I'm giving out the link. > https://github.com/yuin/gopher-lua/ > > Thank you. > > четверг, 3 августа 2023 г. в 15:47:26 UTC+3, alex-coder: > >> Hi All, >> Currently I walk through the next book about native go development and >> find out that it is possible to use the plugin, >> but with limitations, so it became interesting what alternatives there >> are. >> >> Thank you. >> >> четверг, 3 августа 2023 г. в 12:09:21 UTC+3, Christoph Berger: >> >>> WebAssembly comes to mind - see, for example, https://wazero.io/ >>> >>> A plugin would then be a .wasm binary that can be compiled in any >>> language that supports WebAssembly as target. >>> >>> Disclaimer: I have not yet tried this approach. >>> >>> On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 12:14:15 PM UTC+2 alex-coder wrote: >>> >>> Hi All ! >>> Plug-in package is very interesting, but in case the development under >>> windows it does not work, >>> So, any hint to use some option instead will be highly appreciated. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/71ab878f-2ce6-4c73-9e85-e9d29e61d718n%40googlegroups.com.
