Vex

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Vex is the official package manager and build tool for the Wave programming language. It enables simple, unified project setup and execution using a minimal set of commands. Vex uses WSON (Wave Serialized Object Notation) for managing metadata and configurations.

Features

• Simple command-line interface: Only two main commands to learn
• Cross-platform foundation: Future support for cross-building to Linux, Windows, macOS
• WSON-based project configuration
• Seamless integration with the Wave compiler and Whale toolchain

Installation

For Linux:

1. Download and Extract:
   • Download the vex-v0.0.1-pre-alpha-linux.tar.gz file from the official source.
   • Use the wget command:

     wget https://github.com/LunaStev/Vex/releases/download/v0.0.1-pre-alpha/vex-v0.0.1-pre-alpha-linux.tar.gz

   • Extract the archive:

     sudo tar -xvzf vex-v0.0.1-pre-alpha-linux.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin

2Verify Installation: - Open a terminal and type: bash vex --version - If the version number displays, the installation was successful.

Commands

vex init                # Initialize a new Wave project
vex run [file]          # Run the specified Wave source file

Example Project Structure

my_project/
├── src/
│   └── main.wave
├── vex.wson            # Project metadata and configuration

vex.wson Example

{
    name = "my_project",
    version = 0.1.0,
    lib = false,

    // library
    dependencies = []
}

Roadmap

• Support for building projects for different platforms
• Dependency management
• Integration with WPM (Wave Package Manager)
• WSON-powered modular builds

License

MPL 2.0 LICENSE

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Vex embraces the philosophy of Wave: a unified development experience across low-level and high-level programming tasks, all in one language.

For more information, visit wave-lang.dev