getting-started.md

Getting-started

Installation

Docker image

(This section is currently unimplemented.)

Using JVM

(temporary solution till a CLI interface is made available)

Download the jar file and run it using JVM:

$ java -jar JLox-0.0.1.jar [filename]

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If you prefer building from source and clone the JLox repo.

$ git clone https://github.com/RougherO/JLox && cd JLox

Since maven is used as the build tool hence installing maven is required. Then run the package command.

$ mvn package

This should create a .jar file in the target directory by default. You can change the package format from pom.xml if you want it packeged in other formats.

Run it using JVM

An optional filename arguement takes any text file which contains valid JLox code. Omitting the filename creates a REPL interface which accepts any valid JLox statements.

Welcome to Jlox. For documentation refer to https://github.com/RougherO/JLox/docs
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Here's how a sample JLox file looks like

for (let i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
    print("Programming is fun!");
}

Here's a REPL sample

=> print("Hello World!");
Hello World!

As you probably noticed JLox uses semi-colons to mark end of statements. It has very simple syntax and is very similar to python and JS. See Syntax to know more.

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