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h1. Interpreted language built on .NET/Mono

Dynamic and strong typing
Everything is an (expando) object
Prototypal inheritance
First-class functions
CLR interoperability
Cross-platform (Windows, OSX, Linux)

h1. Run Bike

I don't update the Mac OSX and Windows installers frequently, except for major releases. So to access latest features, you should follow these steps:

Fork or download code
Build (with @VS.NET@ or @monodevelop@, if you're on Mac OSX)

If you use Windows, run

@[code_folder]/src/Bike.Console/bin/Debug/bike.exe" -h="[code_folder]" bike_file.bk@

If you use Mac OSX, run

@/usr/bin/mono "[code_folder]/src/Bike.Console/bin/Debug/bike.exe" -h="[code_folder]" bike_file.bk@

bq. Notes:

You should configure NotePad++, TextMate or whatever code editor to run @Bike@ based on the above commands
NotePad++ users can use this "file":https://github.com/buunguyen/Bike/blob/master/resources/np.xml to enable syntax highlighting (View > User-Defined Dialog > Import)
I will upload a TextMate bundle later

h1. Install Bike on Mac OSX

Prerequisite: Mono 2.10.2 (not tested yet with earlier versions)
Download @bike.pkg@ in @installers/osx@
Run @bike.pkg@ to install Bike

Open the Terminal and type the followings

@cat > hello.bk

println('Hello World');

Ctrl-D

bike.sh hello.bk@

bq. Notes:

If you didn't install Mono or Bike to their default folders, modify @/usr/local/bin/bike.sh@ to use correct paths
If you want to double-click to execute a Bike file in @finder@, associate the @.bk@ extension to @Applications/bike/bin/bike.app@

h1. Install Bike on Windows

Prerequisite: .NET 4.0
Download @bike.exe@ in @installers/win@
Run @bike.exe@ to extract and install Bike
Create a file named @hello.bk@ with this content
```
@println('Hello World');@
```
In the cmd, type @Bike hello.bk@ to execute it. Alternatively, you can double-click a Bike file in Windows Explorer.

bq. The setup program also makes the following changes to your system:

@BIKE_HOME@ env variable pointing to the installation folder
Append @[installation_folder]bin/@ to @path@ env variable
Associate @.bk@ extension with @bike.exe@

h1. Bike folder structure

In OSX, Bike is installed to @Applications/bike@. In Windows, Bike is installed to @program Files/bike@. The structure of the Bike folder is as follows:

@bin@: binaries and dependencies and
** @bike.app@ (OSX only): the app you can used to associate with @.bk@ files so that they are executable via Finder
** @bike.action@ (OSX only): the @automator@ action code used to create @bike.app@, feel free to customize
** @bike.sh@ (OSX only): the shell script used to run Bike (the same file also exists in @/usr/local/bin@)
@lib@
** @src@
*** @core@: Library source code
*** @test@: Test for library
*** @tools@: Bike doc and unit tools
** @doc@: API documentation
@samples@: Sample programs, most notable is @spec.bk@
@resources@ (Windows only)
** @np.xml@: Syntax highlighting file for NotePad++ (in NotePad++, select View > User-Defined Dialog > Import)
@license@

h1. What's next?

Want to learn more about Bike? Take a look at sample code in "samples":https://github.com/buunguyen/Bike/tree/master/samples. The file @spec.bk@ should give you a good overview.
Want to contribute? There are many things you can do to help:
** Implement features (see Issues tab)
** Suggest new features
** Report or fix bugs
** Document code or features
** Add unit test cases

h1. Contributors

"duylam":https://github.com/duylam

h1. Copyright

h1. Contact

Email: "buunguyen@gmail.com":mailto:buunguyen@gmail.com
Blog: "www.buunguyen.net":http://www.buunguyen.net/blog
Twitter: "@buunguyen":http://twitter.com/buunguyen