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+Use in Lua    {#flatbuffers_guide_use_lua}
+=============
+
+## Before you get started
+
+Before diving into the FlatBuffers usage in Lua, it should be noted that the
+[Tutorial](@ref flatbuffers_guide_tutorial) page has a complete guide to general
+FlatBuffers usage in all of the supported languages (including Lua). This
+page is designed to cover the nuances of FlatBuffers usage, specific to
+Lua.
+
+You should also have read the [Building](@ref flatbuffers_guide_building)
+documentation to build `flatc` and should be familiar with
+[Using the schema compiler](@ref flatbuffers_guide_using_schema_compiler) and
+[Writing a schema](@ref flatbuffers_guide_writing_schema).
+
+## FlatBuffers Lua library code location
+
+The code for the FlatBuffers Lua library can be found at
+`flatbuffers/lua`. You can browse the library code on the
+[FlatBuffers GitHub page](https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/tree/master/lua).
+
+## Testing the FlatBuffers Lua library
+
+The code to test the Lua library can be found at `flatbuffers/tests`.
+The test code itself is located in [luatest.lua](https://github.com/google/
+flatbuffers/blob/master/tests/luatest.lua).
+
+To run the tests, use the [LuaTest.sh](https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/
+blob/master/tests/LuaTest.sh) shell script.
+
+*Note: This script requires [Lua 5.3](https://www.lua.org/) and
+[LuaJIT](http://luajit.org/) to be installed.*
+
+## Using the FlatBuffers Lua library
+
+*Note: See [Tutorial](@ref flatbuffers_guide_tutorial) for a more in-depth
+example of how to use FlatBuffers in Lua.*
+
+There is support for both reading and writing FlatBuffers in Lua.
+
+To use FlatBuffers in your own code, first generate Lua classes from your
+schema with the `--lua` option to `flatc`. Then you can include both
+FlatBuffers and the generated code to read or write a FlatBuffer.
+
+For example, here is how you would read a FlatBuffer binary file in Lua:
+First, require the module and the generated code. Then read a FlatBuffer binary
+file into a `string`, which you pass to the `GetRootAsMonster` function:
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{.lua}
+    -- require the library
+    local flatbuffers = require("flatbuffers")
+    
+    -- require the generated code
+    local monster = require("MyGame.Sample.Monster")
+
+    -- read the flatbuffer from a file into a string
+    local f = io.open('monster.dat', 'rb')
+    local buf = f:read('*a')
+    f:close()
+
+    -- parse the flatbuffer to get an instance to the root monster
+    local monster1 = monster.GetRootAsMonster(buf, 0)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Now you can access values like this:
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{.lua}
+    -- use the : notation to access member data
+    local hp = monster1:Hp()
+    local pos = monster1:Pos()
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+## Text Parsing
+
+There currently is no support for parsing text (Schema's and JSON) directly
+from Lua, though you could use the C++ parser through SWIG or ctypes. Please
+see the C++ documentation for more on text parsing.
+
+<br>