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Overview

Kalang is a static type-safe language base on jvm with flexible syntax.

Features

• Powerful scripting mode
• Auto type
• Dependency manager integration
• Static type-safe
• Flexible syntax
• Compatible with other jvm-based languages like java,groovy and so on.

Installation

For Linux/Mac users:

wget -O kalang-compiler-1.10.0.tar http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=site/kason/kalang/kalang-compiler/1.10.0/kalang-compiler-1.10.0.tar
tar -xvf kalang-compiler-1.10.0.tar
ln -s `pwd`/kalang-compiler-1.10.0/bin/kalangc /usr/local/bin/kalangc
ln -s `pwd`/kalang-compiler-1.10.0/bin/kalangsh /usr/local/bin/kalangsh
ln -s `pwd`/kalang-compiler-1.10.0/bin/kalangeditor /usr/local/bin/kalangeditor

For Windows users:

1. Download the latest binary distribution:http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=site/kason/kalang/kalang-compiler/1.10.0/kalang-compiler-1.10.0.zip
2. Unzip the downloaded zip file
3. Add the absolute path of the bin directory to the PATH environment variable

Make kalang script files executable

Linux:

1. Use #!/usr/bin/env kalangsh as the first line of your kalang script file.
2. Use chmod +x to make the file executable.

Windows:

Run the following commands in Command Prompt(cmd.exe)

assoc .kls=KalangScript 
ftype KalangScript=kalangsh.bat "%1" %*

Hello World

Created the file named hello.kls with the follow content:

 println("Hello,world!");

Then run in the terminal:

kalangsh hello.kls

Syntax

See Syntax

Usage

Launch kalang scripts

kalangsh YOUR_SCRIPT_FILE YOUR_SCRIPT_ARGUMENTS

Launch kalang compiler

kalangc SOURCE_FILE

For example:kalangc Helloworld.kl would compile Helloworld.kl in the current directory.

Get more usages

kalangsh --help
kalangc --help
kalangeditor --help

Dependency manage

You can declare you dependencies in kalang scripts.Kalang shell will resolve the dependencies and download the related files automatically when executing.

For example:

#repository http://maven.aliyun.com/nexus/content/groups/public/
#dependency site.kason:color-console:1.0.0

import site.kason.colorconsole.ColorConsole;
var console = ColorConsole.getDefault();
console.info("Hello,world!");

Build from source

Requirements:

• jdk8

Clone the source,and run

./gradlew build

Projects writing in kalang

• dbutil - database utilities
• ksh - script helpers
• fhc - A http client library with fluent api
• kailer - a mailer
• color-console - make output in console colorful

Gist

• serve static content

#IDE/Editor plugin support

• Intellij Idea : intellij-kalang
• Visual Studio Code : kalang-support-for-vscode (only syntax highlighting)
• NetBeans : kalang-nb-support

License

MIT

please visit http://kalang.kason.site for more information.