hy/docs/quickstart.rst
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Quickstart
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I WANT TO BE DOING HY STUFF RIGHT NOW!
1. create a Python virtual environment
2. activate your Python virtual environment
3. ``pip install hy``
4. start a REPL with ``hy``
5. type stuff in the REPL::
=> (print "Hy!")
Hy!
=> (defn salutationsnm [] (print (+ "Hy " name "!")))
=> (salutationsnm "YourName")
Hy YourName!
etc
6. hit CTRL-D when you're done
OMG! That's amazing! I want to write a hy program.
7. open up an elite programming editor
8. type::
(print "hy is the BEST!")
9. save as ``test_program_of_awesome.hy``
10. run ``hy test_program_of_awesome.hy``