Provide a "your first program" or "getting started" doc about chrysalisp HOT 7 CLOSED

Hey Alex,

Ok, to start the ball rolling on this. What sort of getting started doc ?

About Lisp in general ?
This flavor of Lisp ?
The VM register machine level assembler ?
The C-Script step up from the register level assembler ?
Writing a class library and hooking it into the Lisp ?
Maybe doing a processor back end emit file ?
First command line app ?
First GUI app ?
Adding a GUI component ?
Tutorial on CSP model programing ?

Trick question, yes ALL of the above would be nice ! So which is priority, I'll start on something I promise, just short of spare time to do everything I'd like :) Which is why it's nice to have people who step up and do stuff, like yourself, interested :)

Chris

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I heading off to sleep at this end just now, need my beauty sleep. You can tell that from my mug shot ;)

Chris

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I'd recommend "first command line app" with a side helping of "this flavor of lisp". From there, it should be reasonable to use the existing documentation. The tricky part is going to be getting new developers acquainted with the eco-system. Once that's in place, it should be reasonable for non-lisp developers to start hacking away at stuff.

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Alex, just pushed 'dump.lisp' command line prog, that I think will be a good "first command line app" ?

Chris

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Added a basic GUI application hello/app.lisp, ideal to expand from and experiment with Chrysa.
Currently in PR: #15

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Think recent doc additions and demos help close this one for now.

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Absolutely, thanks!
There are enough examples now for anyone to get started.

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