Installing Jac-Lang

Firstly make sure that Python 3.12 or higher is installed in your environment, then simply install Jac using pip:

python -m pip install -U jaclang

Once you've got Jaclang installed, just give the Jac CLI a try to make sure everything's up and running smoothly.

• Start the Jac CLI:

  jac
  

• Run a .jac file ```bash jac run .jac
• To test run a 'Hello World'Program

  echo "with entry { print('hello world'); }" > test.jac;
  jac run test.jac;
  rm test.jac;
  

  Note

  If these commands prints hello world you are good to go.

Supportive Jac CLI commands

• Clean cached files (recommended after each run):

  jac clean
  

• Print the data-spatial graph to a file and visualize it using Graphviz:

  jac dot <file_name>.jac
  

  • Visit https://dreampuf.github.io/GraphvizOnline/ to visualize the graph.

Installing the VS Code Extention

In addition to setting up JacLang itself, you may also want to take advantage of the JacLang language extension for Visual Studio Code (VSCode). This will give you enhanced code highlighting, autocomplete, and other useful language features within your VSCode environment.

• To install just visit the VS Code marketplace and install,
  • Jac