Learning Factorio Code

[Sirisma]

I'm getting interested in coding as I have nothing better to do with my life at the moment.
I'm interested in possibly making mods or maybe even content for Factorio.
In the interest of public information, can I get pointed in the right direction on where to go and what to learn?
I'm sure plenty of people here have some knowledge on what to do.

Thanks in advance.

[kingarthur]

here is a few good places to start.
https://wiki.factorio.com/Modding
http://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/

also check out the base "mod" of factorio. factorio has the base game built like a mod and its a good place to look at all the techs, items, entity's, and recipes.
its in the programs folder on your pc

for windows
C:\Program Files\Factorio\data\base.

for windows steam install
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\data\base

[SHiRKiT]

https://coronalabs.com/learn-lua/
http://tylerneylon.com/a/learn-lua/

Also, if you don't know programming, which I assume you don't, try this: https://www.google.com/search?q=learn+to+code

[ssilk]

Best way of learning: download some mods and try to understand how they work. Make changes on them and see what happens. Use the famous help board here.