Swapro_beta NPM

Swahili Programming Language

SWAP was created so as to help non-English speaking natives to have a much easier understanding in Programming (i.e SWAHILI) in Tanzania .

For the full documentation showcasing examples and language use, visit the Website(http://swap.edtech.co.tz

This project assumes you have Git installed.

For developers to get started with this project, you'll need to create a local copy of the project.

Run the following in your terminal:

 git clone https://github.com/ibnsultan/Swap

If you have Docker installed, you can proceed with the following:

To start a docker container for SWAP, run this command in the terminal:

./start_container.sh

N/B: You might have permission problems on a Unix, please visit the following link to resolve potential file permission issues.

You can then proceed to the Hello World Section or the Unit and Integration Tests Section to run sample code.

If you don't have Docker installed or you prefer to pollute your PC's environment :), you'll need to install Node.js.

This project uses ES6+ features and requires a Node version that supports ES6+ features.

N/B: Swap was built upon yorlang which was built with Nodejs v8.9.4

To confirm that you have Node.js installed, run the following in your terminal:

node -v

You should get something like v8.9.4

To install all dependencies, run the following in your terminal:

npm install -g swapro

In order to run a file using the swap command, run the following:

npm run link

You can run sample code by running the following in your terminal: Download the sample file from the site http://edtech.co.tz or github https://github.com/ibnsultan/Swap and run command

swap main.swap

You should get something like: habari yako

To run tests in the project, run the following in your terminal:

npm test

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