The Kite Programming Language

Kite is language with a strong emphasis on functional development. It is statically and strongly typed.

Wanna know more about the design and other features? See the wiki.

Installation

• Get the source:

   $ git clone https://github.com/altschuler/kite.git
  

• Make sure you have cabal installed, and then install dependencies:

   $ cabal install
  

• Build with make. This will generate an executable in dist/build/kite/.

   $ make
  

• To install an executable in ~/.cabal/bin, which will be accessible for your local user:

   $ cabal install
  

  Make sure that you have the ~/.cabal/bin directory in your PATH.

• Optionally, install globally by putting an executable in /usr/local/bin (requires root privileges).

   # make install
  

Tests

There are two test-suites:

• One in Haskell, which tests each component of the compiler:

   $ make test
  

• And one written in Kite, testing itself:

   $ kite tests/kunit/Runner.kite
   $ ./main
  

Examples

For a quick example, try running one of the examples in example/.

$ kite examples/Test.kite

The compiler only targets JavaScript, as of now, so make sure you have node installed.

The name of the output file defaults to main, which executes with node.

$ ./main

Read more about the syntax in the wiki or look at some of the examples.

Contribution

Feel free to submit a pull request or issue! We are open to ideas and all kinds of feedback.

Authors

• Simon Altschuler
• Markus Færevaag
• Patrick Gadd
• Christian Mathias Rohde Kiær

License

This project is licensed under the MIT-license. Read more.