Getting Started

This section covers the current practical path for trying Concrete:

• what you need installed
• how to build the compiler from source
• how to compile and run a small program
• how to create a project with the concrete CLI

Concrete is still source-first. The language and compiler are moving quickly, so treat this book as guidance for the current tree, not as a stable packaged release manual.

Current Fast Path

If you only want to try the compiler from the repository:

1. install the required dependencies from Installation
2. build the compiler
3. compile a small .con file
4. run the output binary

Typical workflow:

git clone https://github.com/unbalancedparentheses/concrete2.git
cd concrete2
make build
.lake/build/bin/concrete examples/snippets/hello_world.con -o /tmp/hello
/tmp/hello

What To Read Next

• Installation for dependencies and build setup
• Creating a project for the concrete new workflow
• The Language for the current language shape
• Internal Details if you want to understand the compiler pipeline