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Learn Bosque Programming

By : Sebastian Kaczmarek, Joel Ibaceta
Book Image

Learn Bosque Programming

By: Sebastian Kaczmarek, Joel Ibaceta

Overview of this book

Bosque is a new high-level programming language inspired by the impact of structured programming in the 1970s. It adopts the TypeScript syntax and ML semantics and is designed for writing code that is easy to reason about for humans and machines. With this book, you'll understand how Bosque supports high productivity and cloud-first development by removing sources of accidental complexity and introducing novel features. This short book covers all the language features that you need to know to work with Bosque programming. You'll learn about basic data types, variables, functions, operators, statements, and expressions in Bosque and become familiar with advanced features such as typed strings, bulk algebraic data operations, namespace declarations, and concept and entity declarations. This Bosque book provides a complete language reference for learning to program with Bosque and understanding the regularized programming paradigm. You'll also explore real-world examples that will help you to reinforce the knowledge you've acquired. Additionally, you'll discover more advanced topics such as the Bosque project structure and contributing to the project. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to configure the Bosque environment and build better and reliable software with this exciting new open-source language.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1: Introduction
5
Section 2: The Bosque Language Overview
10
Section 3: Practicing Bosque
15
Section 4: Exploring Advanced Features

Summary

You've learned a lot so far. This chapter has taught you a lot of practical things that are crucial when getting started with Bosque. Let's do a short recap of what you've learned.

First, we talked about the software requirements to run Bosque. We covered the required OS architecture and what you can do if your host system does not meet the requirements. After that, you learned what additional software is mandatory in order to install and run Bosque.

Then, we covered the compiler—why it is needed and how to install it. You learned about the default Bosque compiler, which is used to generate executables, and how you can install it on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

You then installed the Bosque language itself, along with the tools such as ExeGen. You also learned what the recommended IDE for Bosque is, and how you can install the syntax highlighter so that writing Bosque programs is much easier.

The next big thing that you looked at was your first...