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diff --git a/docs/docs/contributing/getting-started.md b/docs/docs/contributing/getting-started.md index bea5b6962..4c7299914 100644 --- a/docs/docs/contributing/getting-started.md +++ b/docs/docs/contributing/getting-started.md @@ -19,21 +19,48 @@ Requirements Make sure that you are using Java 8 or later, the output of `java -version` should contain `1.8`. -Compiling and running code --------------------------- +Compiling and Running +--------------------- +Start by cloning the repository: + +```none +$ git clone https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty.git +$ cd dotty +``` + +Dotty provides a standard sbt build: compiling, running and starting a repl can +all be done from within sbt using + +```none +$ sbt +> dotc tests/pos/HelloWorld.scala +> dotr HelloWorld +hello world +``` + +there is also a bash script that can be used in the same way: + ```bash -git clone https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty.git -cd dotty -# Clone dotty-compatible stdlib. Needed for running the test suite. -git clone -b dotty-library https://github.com/DarkDimius/scala.git scala-scala # Compile code using Dotty ./bin/dotc tests/pos/HelloWorld.scala # Run it with the proper classpath ./bin/dotr HelloWorld ``` + Starting a REPL --------------- -```bash -./bin/dotr +```none +$ sbt +> repl +Welcome to Scala.next (pre-alpha) (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, Java 1.8.0_101). +Type in expressions to have them evaluated. +Type :help for more information. +scala> +``` + +or via bash: + +```none +$ ./bin/dotr ``` |