SPARKY Programming Language

A cool new programming language that is dynamically typed and allows users to write complex algorithms and solve problems without worrying much about variable types. Our special feature programmers full flexibilty to switch between data types on the run!

Installation Guide

This document gives the installation steps required to set up and runs our Programming language - Sparky. The executing Environment is Microsoft Windows.

Environment Setup

1. Install SWI-SH Prolog installed on the system and environment path variables should be set. Detailed instructions to install SWI-SH Prolog is found here
2. Install Java JDK 8 and set environment variables path variables. Java JDK can be found here. Ensure JAVA_HOME is set.
3. Install Maven on the system if you are running on the terminal/command prompt. Maven installation guide here . You can download Maven here .
4. Download Sparky source code from git to an empty folder.

Execution Steps for Terminal / Command Prompt

1. Open the downloaded source code folder in the terminal/command prompt.
2. Run the following commands:
   mvn clean compile assembly:single
   java -jar target\sparky-0 .0.1-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar

To Run custom files

java -jar target\sparky-0 .0.1-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar << full_path_to_your_file_with_filename .spk >>