You need Java SDK v1.8 to run Hightide. Check your current java installation:
$ java -version
You can manually download Hightide's distribution and extract it on your preferred directory. You will need to setup HIGHTIDE_HOME
environment variable and add distibution's /bin
directory to your PATH
variable.
For mac users you can also install Hightide using Homebrew:
$ brew install hightide
Once you're done with the installation, check if Hightide is successfully installed using the following command:
$ hightide
You should see something like the following output:
__ ___ __ __ _ __
/ / / (_)___ _/ /_ / /_(_)___/ /__
/ /_/ / / __ `/ __ / __/ / __ / _
/ __ / / /_/ / / / / /_/ / /_/ / __/
- /_/ /_/_/__, /_/ /_/__/_/__,_/___/
/____/
hightide>
You can now create a new Hightide application from Hightide's shell prompt:
hightide> new mynewapp
or straight from your command line prompt:
$ hightide new mynewapp
NOTE: All Hightide commands can be executed either from Hightide's shell or command line1. More information on Hightide Shell available
here </shell>
The above command will create a new directory named mynewapp
and all necessary files to run a Hightide application, using the default Hightide prototype.
Application prototypes </prototypes>
is a very usefull concept and the default way of making a new application in Hightide.
Except the
exit
command!↩