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Core

• Literals
• Comments and Whitespace
• Scope and Bindings
  • Globals
  • Mutable and Immutable Bindings
• Unpacks
  • Object and Array Unpacks
  • Slice Unpacks
  • Checked Object Unpacks
• Symbols and Operators
  • Partial Application @
  • Compose \> \>>
  • Pipe <| |> <<| |>>
  • Check ??

Elements

• Functions - Lambda syntax
  • Named Functions
  • Arguments Unpack - Unpacking the arguments object
  • Argument Slices - Unpacking a variable number of arguments to an array.
  • Self Unpack / Fat Arrow - Unpacking the this object
• Let Expression - Binds values in an expression
  • Unpacks
  • Reclusive Bindings
• With Statement - Binds values in a statement
  • Package Imports
• Packages
  • Exports
  • Imports
• Variable Declarations
• User Defined Operators - Defining and using custom prefix and infix ops.
• Operator To Function - Converting operators to functions.
• Dot Expressions

Other

• Other Differences From ECMAScript
• Useful syntax - Using Khepri language elements together to build more expressive code.

Tools

Compiler

• Compiler command line tool
  • Input and Output
  • File watching - Auto compile changed files
  • Flags
  • Why is the Compiler So Damn Slow?
• Compiler Optimizations
  • Inlining

Other Tooling

• Git pre-commit hook to auto compile changed Khepri files before commit.
• Node package.json build scripts example

Development